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2026 Crans-Montana bar fire

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2026 Crans-Montana bar fire
Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, photographed on 2 January 2026, the day after the fire
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Date1 January 2026 (2026-01-01)
Timec. 01:30[1] (CET)
VenueLe Constellation
LocationCrans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates46°18′29″N 7°28′07″E / 46.30806°N 7.46861°E / 46.30806; 7.46861
CauseUnder investigation
Deaths40[2]
Non-fatal injuries116[3]

On 1 January 2026 at 01:30 CET, during New Year celebrations, a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the ski-resort town of Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland.[1] Forty people died in the fire, and 116 others were injured, many of them severely.[3] Intensive care units in Valais reached capacity,[4] and victims were transported to hospitals in other parts of Switzerland and to other European countries.

Swiss authorities consider it likely that the ceiling caught fire after champagne bottles with lit sparklers were held aloft in celebration.[5] A criminal investigation was opened against the bar's owners.

Background

Le Constellation in 2017

The canton of Valais has a long-standing economic reliance on tourism. Le Constellation was a bar, nightclub, and café in Crans-Montana, which primarily served locals, rather than tourists.[6] It could accommodate up to 300 people, with an additional capacity of 40 on the terrace. The bar featured a shisha and smoking area, as well as multiple TV screens for viewing sports events.[7] The venue had two levels: a ground floor and a basement containing the bar, connected by a flight of stairs.[8] It had a mostly younger clientele, on account of having no entrance fee,[6] and opened year-round.[9]

According to BBC News, the bar has been "a real institution" and has existed for at least 40 years.[10] It was acquired and remodelled in 2015 by Jacques and Jessica Moretti,[11] a married French couple from Corsica who own several establishments in the region.[12] Swiss media reported that guests had complained on ratings platforms about poor treatment of personnel and a lack of professionalism.[7]

Fire

More than 100 people were inside the bar at the time of the fire, celebrating New Year's Eve.[13] A photo obtained by French media shows a waitress, wearing a crash helmet[14] and holding bottles of champagne adorned with lit "fountain candle" sparklers, who was being carried on the shoulders of a barman wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.[15][16][14][6][17] The sparks were centimetres from the ceiling, which then caught fire.[18] Immediate attempts to extinguish it by hitting the ceiling with an item of clothing failed.[19]

The moment a sparkler ignited the ceiling's foam cladding[20]

Within seconds of the fire's start, people in the queue to enter saw smoke billowing out; ten seconds later, "an immense fire blast" occurred.[21] The ceiling appeared to be clad in acoustic foam, which several fire experts noted could have contributed to the fire's rapid spread if the foam panels were not flame-retardant.[22][2] Such materials can also produce dense and toxic smoke.[14] A witness said the blaze engulfed the nightclub "within about 10 seconds".[18] Officials said that the fire was worsened by a flashover, a phenomenon in which a fire releases and ignites combustible vapours.[23]

People in the basement nightclub attempted to escape up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door.[24][6] The speed of the fire prevented people from reaching the emergency exits, leading to a blockage at the main one.[21] A former employee of the bar told that by instructions the emergency exit needed to be shut, as it gave access to another building.[25] Some resorted to smashing windows, while one bystander who rushed in to help said that he saw people "burning from head to foot, no clothes any more".[6] Many victims were so severely burned they were no longer recognisable.[21]

The Valais cantonal police said that authorities were first alerted at 01:30 CET because of smoke emerging from the bar.[26] Police arrived at 01:32, and firefighters came immediately thereafter.[9] In total, 150 personnel,[27] 10 helicopters and 40 ambulances were deployed to the scene.[4] Police cordoned off the disaster area and imposed a no-fly zone over the town,[26] and the Valais cantonal government declared a state of emergency.[28] Triage centres were set up in neighbouring bars and a UBS branch.[9][29]

Victims

Casualties by citizenship
Citizenship Dead[30] Injured[31][3]
  Switzerland 21[a] 69[b]
 France 9[c] 22[d]
 Italy 6[e] 10[f]
 Serbia 1[33][34] 4[35]
 Belgium 1 1[g]
 Portugal 1[36] 1
 Romania 1 –
 Turkey 1 –
 Serbia – 4
 Poland – 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1
 Czech Republic – 1
 Finland – 1[h]
 Luxembourg – 1
 Philippines – 1[i]
 Australia – 1
 Republic of the Congo – 1
Total 41 116

A day after the fire, Swiss authorities confirmed that 40 people had died and 115 others were injured.[27] Several of the victims and missing were foreign tourists,[37][38] including nationals of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France, Italy, Israel,[39] Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, the Czech Republic,[40][41][42] Romania, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates[43] and the United Kingdom.[44] According to the head of the helicopter rescue team, many of the victims were young.[45] The ages of the dead ranged from 14 years to 39.[43] Half of them were under the age of 18.[46] The Italian Air Force transported the remains of several victims from Sion Airport for repatriation.[3]

A reception centre and specialised hotline were established to provide support for affected families.[27] Air ambulances transported injured persons to hospitals in Sion and Geneva; at least 22 and 12 victims, respectively, were transferred to the national burn centres in Lausanne and Zurich.[26][47] The intensive care units in Valais reached full capacity, causing patients to be transported to other hospitals around the country.[4][48][49] Hospitals throughout Romandy were overwhelmed with burn patients, most of whom were in severe condition.[27]

Switzerland requested emergency assistance through the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism. Twenty-four patients were transported to hospitals in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy,[50] and Poland.[51] In Italy, a burn unit was opened at the Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda in Milan.[52][53] Among the injured was Tahirys Dos Santos, a 19‑year‑old FC Metz footballer who was transferred to a specialist burns unit in Stuttgart, Germany, with severe injuries.[54][55] The bar's co‑owner was present as a guest and sustained light burns to her arm.[56] By 2 January, authorities had identified 113 of the 119 injured.[19] Many victims hospitalised are in critical conditions with third-degree burns.[57] By 4 January, all fatalities were identified.[58] All injured were identified by 5 January; the number was reduced to 116 after police found that three patients who were hospitalized for reasons unrelated to the fire had been added to the list in error.[3]

Investigation

Simplified diagram of the Le Constellation bar:[59]
1 To an additional seating area
2 Approximate start of fire
3 Basement bar area
4 Stairs to ground level
5 Ground-level bar area
6 Terrace
7 Exit

Cantonal ministers, police, and the cantonal attorney general, Béatrice Pilloud, held a press conference on the morning of 1 January.[60] Pilloud said that an attack was not being considered as the cause of the fire.[26] That evening, the cantonal authorities and the president of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, who had visited the disaster site, held a second press conference.[61]

Pilloud said that the investigation would determine whether all safety standards had been met.[62] Swiss fire safety regulations[j] are generally stricter than those in much of Europe.[63] They require, among other things, that public venues with a capacity of 200 people or more have several (emergency) exits, that bars have smoke exhaust systems, that furnishings in public venues be certified as non-flammable, and that any interior pyrotechnics receive permission from the authorities under very strict conditions.[63] The mayor of Crans-Montana, Nicolas Féraud, said at the press conference that the bar had undergone annual or bi‑annual fire inspections by the town authorities, but declined to answer questions about the details of those inspections.[11][40]

At a press conference the day after the fire, Pilloud said that, after reviewing photos and videos, "everything leads us to believe that the fire was started from sparkling candles or sparklers that were put on bottles of champagne that were moved too close to the ceiling."[64][65] Two days after the fire, the cantonal prosecutors' office opened a criminal investigation against both owner-managers of the bar on suspicion of homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence, and arson by negligence.[66]

Aftermath

A makeshift memorial was set up near the bar.[40] Authorities asked people in the Crans-Montana area to avoid skiing and other hazardous activities, as local hospitals were operating at capacity.[67] The Federal Council ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half-mast,[68] and declared a five-day period of mourning.[69] A national day of mourning was also declared for 9 January, to be marked by a moment of silence and the tolling of church bells at 14:00 CET.[46] Parmelin postponed the New Year's Day address to the nation;[47] when it was broadcast that afternoon, he described the fire as "one of the worst tragedies that our country has experienced".[70] The city of Lucerne cancelled its traditional New Year's fireworks in respect for those affected.[71]

Political leaders and governments around the world expressed solidarity with Switzerland and issued statements of condolence.[72] President Parmelin thanked the countries that offered support.[73] French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "deep shock" at the incident and offered logistical support to Switzerland. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul conveyed his condolences and offered assistance with medical and identification efforts. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the incident as a "painful moment for the entire Alpine region", and clinics in northern Italy were put on alert to assist the injured.[74] Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani visited Crans-Montana on 2 January 2026 and praised the cooperation between Swiss and Italian authorities in the aftermath of the fire.[75] Additionally, Liechtenstein Prime Minister Brigitte Haas expressed condolences and offered support to Swiss authorities.[76]

At the regulatory level, the intercantonal authority that establishes Swiss fire safety standards announced a halt to an ongoing project aiming at a revision and liberalization of these standards, so as to be able to take the results of the investigation into the Crans-Montana fire into account.[77]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Swiss-Serbian citizen [32]
  2. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Swiss-French citizen
    • 1 dual Swiss-Belgian citizen
  3. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual French-Swiss citizen
    • 1 triple French-Israeli-British citizen
  4. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual French-Finnish citizen
    • 1 dual French-Italian citizen
  5. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Italian-Emirati citizen
  6. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Italian-French citizen
    • 1 dual Italian-Filipino citizen
  7. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Belgian-Swiss citizen[3]
  8. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Finnish-Italian citizen[3]
  9. ^ Including:
    • 1 dual Filipino-Italian citizen[3]
  10. ^ These regulations are established by the association of cantonal fire insurances (Association des établissements cantonaux d'assurance incendie, AEAI) and published online; they are declared binding by the intercantonal authority on technical barriers to trade (Autorité intercantonale des entraves techniques au commerce, AIET).

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