Everyone injured in Swiss fire disaster now identified: police
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Crans Montana, Switzerland: Swiss police announced Monday they had now identified all 116 people wounded in the devastating New Year blaze in Crans Mo...
Crans-Montana, Switzerland: Swiss police announced Monday they had now identified all 116 people wounded in the devastating New Year blaze in Crans-Montana, with three-quarters of them still in hospital.
Four days on from the blaze that swept through Le Constellation in the Alpine ski resort town, everyone killed and injured has now been identified.
A total of 40 people were killed in the tragedy, all of whom had been identified by Sunday. The average age of those killed was 19.
"All 116 injured people have been identified. Eighty-three of them are still hospitalised," the Wallis cantonal police in southwest Switzerland said in a statement.
The total number of people injured in the disaster was revised downwards, with police having warned in the days following the tragedy that the tolls were likely to change.
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