{"id":18356,"date":"2026-02-25T15:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/18356\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:27:14","slug":"switzerland-offers-aid-to-victims-of-crans-montana-fire-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/18356\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland Offers Aid to Victims of Crans-Montana Fire Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland has announced a one-time payment of 50,000 Swiss francs ($56,000) for the severely injured survivors and bereaved families of the devastating fire at the Crans-Montana ski resort that claimed 41 lives and injured more than 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>The payout, termed a &#8216;solidarity contribution,&#8217; is aimed at providing immediate financial relief and represents an expression of compassion, as stated by the country&#8217;s governing body, the Federal Council. The payments will be made to each person who lost their life and every individual hospitalized due to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In a gesture aimed at preventing prolonged legal proceedings, the Federal Council intends to contribute up to 20 million francs for out-of-court settlements. The Swiss government has also identified gaps in existing support systems, proposing legislative advancements to quickly aid the victims and affected cantons financially.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Switzerland has announced a one-time payment of 50,000 Swiss francs ($56,000) for the severely injured survivors and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[3645,12541,12550,244,12553,12540,12552,12551,17,12554],"class_list":["post-18356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-crans-montana","tag-federal-council","tag-fire-victims","tag-insurance","tag-legal-settlements","tag-solidarity-contribution","tag-sparkling-candles","tag-support-systems","tag-switzerland","tag-victim-aid"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}