Young golfer named as first Italian victim of Swiss bar blaze

January 2, 2026 4:57 PM

Young golfer named as first Italian victim of Swiss bar blaze

Investigators on Friday set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies from a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year’s Eve party in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. Emanuele Galeppini, a 16-year-old Italian international golfer who lived in Dubai, was named on Friday as the first of several possible victims from Italy to be identified. So severe were the burns suffered by the mostly young crowd of revellers in the Le Const...

Dozens killed, 100 injured in fire at Swiss ski resort bar, police say

January 1, 2026 9:35 PM

Dozens killed, 100 injured in fire at Swiss ski resort bar, police say

Dozens of people were killed and around 100 injured, most of them seriously, after fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said on Thursday. Fire broke out at 1.30 a.m. (0030 GMT) in a bar called "Le Constellation" in the resort in southwestern Switzerland, which locals said was popular with teenagers. The cause of the blaze, which was initially reported as an explosion, remains unclear but authorities said it app...