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Mathias Reynard

Mathias Reynard

President of Valais Canton State Council

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"This event, which should have been a moment of celebration and togetherness, turned into a nightmare. We have competencies that are overutilized in our hospitals; let's not add catastrophes to this drama."

"We have competencies that are overutilized in our hospitals; let's not add catastrophes to this drama."

Stories

New year's inferno at Swiss ski resort

Force in Play

Coordinating disaster response across canton

A fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana at 1:30am on New Year's Day as over 100 revelers celebrated, killing at least 40 people and hospitalizing 116 with severe burns. Multiple witnesses told French media BFMTV that waitresses carried champagne bottles with sparklers on a barman's shoulders; the flames came within centimeters of the acoustic foam ceiling and engulfed the nightclub within 10 seconds.

Updated May 19