Swiss police: last 16 victims of New Year's bar fire have been identified

People visit a makeshift memorial outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ZURICH, ‌Jan 4 (Reuters) - The ‌last 16 people ‌who died in the New Year's Eve ‍bar fire ‍at the ‌Swiss mountain resort of ‍Crans-Montana ​have been ⁠identified, police said on Sunday.

This ‌means all 40 victims ⁠of ‍the blaze, which broke out ‍at the Constellation ‌bar early on January 1, have now been identified, Swiss police said.