{"id":675753,"date":"2026-01-05T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/675753\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:22:10","slug":"all-116-injured-in-swiss-ski-resort-fire-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/675753\/","title":{"rendered":"All 116 injured in Swiss ski resort fire identified"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investigators said 119 people had been injured but that number has been revised down in the latest update. <\/p>\n

A criminal investigation has been launched into the French couple<\/a> who managed the Le Constellation bar – a venue known to be popular with a younger crowd in the ski resort town, where the drinking age is 16.<\/p>\n

Sparklers on bottles being carried too close to the ceiling were the likely cause of the fire, a preliminary investigation has found.<\/p>\n

Beatrice Pilloud, Valais canton lead prosecutor, said in a statement that investigators were looking into whether the acoustic foam on the venue’s ceiling was “the cause of the problem”, as well as “whether it complies with regulations”.<\/p>\n

Details have begun to emerge about some of those who lost their lives in the tragedy. <\/p>\n

Among them was Charlotte Niddam, believed to be 15, who was a pupil at two UK schools<\/a>. Her family wrote on social media: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beautiful daughter and sister Charlotte.”<\/p>\n

The mother of Arthur Brodard, 16, confirmed he had died in the fire.<\/p>\n

She said in a video message: “We can start our mourning, knowing that he is in peace and in the light.”<\/p>\n

Italian media named junior golfer Emanuele Galeppini, 16, as also being among the victims.<\/p>\n

Italian Golf Federation paying tribute to the “young athlete who carried with him passion and authentic values”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigators said 119 people had been injured but that number has been revised down in the latest update.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-675753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115843415798361634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}