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first victim devastating fire in switzerland ski resort The bar has been named The painstaking work of identifying the bodies continues.
A fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana resort shortly after midnight on Thursday, killing at least 40 people and injuring 115 others. it is described as one of Switzerland“the worst tragedy”.
Emanuele Galeppini, a 16-year-old athlete living in Dubai, lives with her family at the Crans-Montana resort. According to Italian media reports, he went to the resort bar with two friends on New Year’s Eve.
The Italian Golf Federation said in a statement that it mourned the death of “a young athlete who embodied passion and true values.”
They said: “Our condolences go out to his family and all those who loved him at this sad time.”
His page on the World Amateur Golf Ranking website describes him as an Italian junior golfer who “loves golf, the game and food.”
Last year, he won the title at the Omega Dubai Creek Amateur Open.
The news came as authorities warned it could take days or even weeks to identify other victims due to the severity of their burns.
The exact cause of the fire is unclear, but officials have ruled out an attack.
Two women told French broadcaster radio station While they were inside, they saw a male bartender carrying a female bartender on his shoulders while she held a lit candle. They told broadcasters that flames spread and wooden ceilings collapsed.
Video footage appeared to show the bar’s ceiling quickly catching fire, but Justice Minister Beatrice Piloud declined to confirm the reports at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
One of the women described a swollen crowd as people frantically tried to escape the basement nightclub up a flight of narrow stairs and through a narrow door.
The fire is said to have triggered the explosion, which officials described as an “embarrassment” – a firefighting term that describes how a blaze triggers the release of flammable gases and then burns violently.
This causes what English firefighters call a flashover or flashback, where all combustible materials in an enclosed space ignite simultaneously, often engulfing the entire room.
An eyewitness was interviewed by local media radio station People reportedly smashed windows to escape the blaze, with some seriously injured, and panicked parents drove to the scene to see if their children were trapped inside.
The young man said he saw about 20 people scrambling to escape the smoke and flames and what he saw across the street was like something from a horror movie.