Swiss police confirm all 116 injured in the Crans-Montana bar fire are identified, with 83 still hospitalised as international victims are listed.
CRANS-MONTANA: Swiss police have now identified all 116 people wounded in the devastating New Year’s bar blaze in this Alpine ski resort.
A total of 40 people were killed in the tragedy, all of whom had been identified earlier. The average age of those killed was 19.
“All 116 injured people have been identified. Eighty-three of them are still hospitalised,” the Wallis cantonal police said in a statement.
The total number of people injured was revised downwards from an initial figure of 119. Police said three people admitted to the emergency room that night were mistakenly attributed to the event.
Among those injured were 68 Swiss, 21 French, 10 Italians, four Serbs and two Poles. Nationals from Belgium, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Republic of Congo and Luxembourg were also hurt.
There were also four injured people with dual nationality. The police said no further information would be given on the identities of those injured, “out of respect for the families”.
The most severely burned casualties have been airlifted to specialist burns centres in Switzerland and abroad. The Swiss government said 35 patients had been transferred to specialist clinics in neighbouring Germany, France and Italy, plus Belgium.
