Crans-Montana (Switzerland)
- Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire Was Not Inspected for Five Years, Authorities Say - Officials in Crans-Montana, the Swiss alpine resort town where a bar fire killed 40 people last week, are facing growing accusations of lax oversight.
- ‘Everyone Is in Shock’: Swiss Town Grieves as More Fire Victims Are Identified - In Crans-Montana, the ski resort where at least 40 people died in a New Year’s Day blaze, residents were struggling to come to terms with one of the worst such disasters in Switzerland’s history.
- Swiss Bar Fire Likely Caused By Sparklers, Authorities Say - Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people.
- There Was Probably a Flashover in the Swiss Bar Fire. Here’s What That Means. - A flashover is an event where an entire room is rapidly engulfed in flames.
- Switzerland’s Burn Centers Are Overwhelmed After New Year’s Fire - Transfers of patients to hospitals in Germany, Italy and France began on Thursday. France said on Friday that 11 injury victims would be hospitalized there.
- Witnesses Recount Fire That Killed 40 in Switzerland - It was a haven for the young, where they could find hot chocolate when they wanted quiet and affordable drinks when they did not. Then it turned into a place of death.