Death toll of Swiss New Year bar blaze rises to 41

Flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial outside the "Le Constellation bar" almost a month after a deadly fire during a New Year's Eve party, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, January 31, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ZURICH, Feb 1 (Reuters) - An ‌18-year-old injured in the New Year bar fire ‌in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana has died, Swiss ‌authorities said on Sunday, taking the death toll of one of the worst disasters in modern Swiss history to 41.

The Swiss national was ‍in hospital in Zurich and died on ‍Saturday, the statement by ‌the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Valais added, ‍without ​providing any further information.