All 116 people injured in Swiss resort fire identified, say police

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Source: theguardian.com
All 116 people injured in Swiss resort fire identified, say police

Bodies of first foreign victims repatriated after 40 people died in fire at New Year’s Eve party in Crans-Montana

All 116 people injured in the fire that tore through a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during a New Year’s Eve party, killing 40 mostly young partygoers, have been identified, police have said, as the bodies of the first foreign victims were repatriated.

Police in Valais canton said in a statement on Monday they had revised the number of wounded down from 119 because three people admitted to accident and emergency wards on Thursday morning had been wrongly recorded as injured in the blaze.

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