Death Toll From Swiss Ski Resort Fire Rises to 41
A mourner lays flowers at a memorial near the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Photographer: Maxime Schmid/AFP/Getty ImagesThe number of fatalities from the fire that broke out over New Year in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana has risen to 41, following the death of a teenager injured in the blaze.
The 18-year-old Swiss national succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Saturday, the public prosecutor’s office in the canton of Valais said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg on Sunday. The office didn’t provide an update on the status of the investigation into the incident.