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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Swiss police identify all 116 people injured in deadly New Year's bar fire

APTOPIX Switzerland Bar Fire - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Swiss police said Monday they've identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a New Year's celebration in a crowded bar. They put the total at 116, more than two-thirds still in hospitals.

Authorities had previously given a figure of 119 injured, on top of the 40 people killed. But police said Monday that three people admitted to hospitals on the night of the disaster in Crans-Montana had been linked in error to the blaze at the crowded Le Constellation bar.

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