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Swiss prosecutors place bar managers under investigation after deadly blaze
Reuters, Vienna
Published: 04 Jan 2026, 03:35 AM
A child kneels next to a makeshift memorial outside the 'Le Constellation' bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, 3 January 2026. Photo: Reuters
Swiss prosecutors said on Saturday they have placed under criminal investigation the two managers of a bar where a blaze on New Year's Day killed at least 40 people.
The offences they are suspected of having committed are homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, the prosecutors' office in the canton of Valais said in a statement.