{"id":921360,"date":"2026-07-21T04:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/swiss-resort-bar-where-41-died-in-new-year-fire-to-be-transformed-into-youth-space\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:13:54","slug":"swiss-resort-bar-where-41-died-in-new-year-fire-to-be-transformed-into-youth-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/swiss-resort-bar-where-41-died-in-new-year-fire-to-be-transformed-into-youth-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss resort bar where 41 died in New Year fire to be transformed into youth space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Swiss ski resort bar where dozens of young people perished in a New Year fire will be repurposed as a youth venue, the top regional official said in a newspaper interview published Saturday.<\/p>\n

A total of 41 people were killed in the tragedy at the Le Constellation bar in Switzerland’s plush Crans-Montana resort town in the early hours of January 1 — mostly teenagers — while another 115 were injured.<\/p>\n

“Concerning the future of Le Constellation, it will never be reopened as a bar,” Christophe Darbellay, the president of Switzerland’s southwestern Wallis region, where Crans-Montana is located, told the Le Temps daily in an interview.<\/p>\n

“This space must be dedicated to young people.”<\/p>\n

The Le Constellation was crammed with young New Year revellers when the bar was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say champagne bottles with\u00a0sparklers\u00a0attached were raised too close to the ceiling in the bar’s basement level, igniting the sound-insulation foam.<\/p>\n

Seventeen of those killed were aged 16 or under.<\/p>\n

Wallis was also working on “creating a physical memorial” for the victims of the tragedy, Darbellay said, adding that it would be “beautiful, peaceful, accessible and will pay a fitting tribute to those who died, were injured, as well as those who provided assistance or care to the victims”.<\/p>\n

In the interview, he also outlined a third “essential” element in honouring the victims, saying a commemoration ceremony would be held next January 1.<\/p>\n

AFP\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Elroy Antes
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