Swiss launch criminal investigation over deadly fire at ski resort bar

At least 40 people died in a fire at the bar in Switzerland’s Crans Montana, and authorities in Switzerland have opened a criminal investigation into the owners.

Officials were still trying to identify many of the victims two days after the fire, which left 119 people injured, some of whom suffered severe burns. Another aspect of the investigation into how one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies might have happened has also been taken into account.

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According to prosecutors in Valais, the canton where the bar is located in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana, the two bar managers are accused of homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence, and setting fire to the bar. The pair was not given a name.

“It was a tremendous tragedy. Standing in front of the cordoned-off bar, Le Constellation, Beat Jans, the Swiss justice minister, said to the media, “We’re all so sorry that this had to happen.

He said temperatures during the ‍blaze must have reached “500, ⁠600 degrees]Celsius, or 900-1, 100 Fahrenheit]”.

Multiple outlets reported that the resort’s owners were both French nationals. According to the French broadcaster BFM TV, the man is said to have been away while the woman was inside the bar and suffered arm burns.

The man claimed that “everything was done within the standards” and that the bar had been “three times in ten years” in a report from Switzerland’s Tribune de Geneve.

According to reports, the couple also owns a second location, one in Crans-Montana and the other in Lens.

According to police, the two have already been interrogated, along with a large number of others involved in the tragedy, and they are still looking for details about what took place at the previous year’s party.

According to Beatrice Pilloud, the Valais chief prosecutor, the fire may have started as a result of sparklers’ excessive contact with the ceiling.

A rapid, very rapid, and widespread blaze started there, she said on Friday afternoon.

Many of the victims, including those who have passed away and some who have vanished, are teenagers, with many of the survivors receiving medical care in nearby or nearby nations.

The painful process of finding the dead was being handled by Gian Lorenzo Cornado, the Italian ambassador to Switzerland, on Saturday, with the deadline of Sunday afternoon.

One of the first victims, along with several Swiss nationals, was an Italian 16-year-old who had been confirmed dead. According to police, their bodies have been returned to their families.

It was “one of the worst tragedies” the nation has ever experienced, according to Swiss President Guy Parmelin.

According to Jans, providing the best medical care and identifying the deceased are the top priorities right now.