Swiss Prosecutors Summon Owners of Ski Resort Bar
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A lawyer representing some of the 116 injured said Le Constellation suspended its Facebook and Instagram accounts as rescue operations were underway.
The New Year's Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana left 40 dead and dozens severely injured.
Swiss authorities said on Tuesday that the bar that burst into flames in an upscale ski resort, killing 40 people at New Year, had not had a mandatory annual inspection since 2019, underlining concerns about what safety measures were in place.
Fire safety inspections hadn't been carried out for several years at the bar where a fire that broke out at a New Year's party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured​, officials say.
A lawyer for victims' families hopes police questioning the Swiss bar's French owners means "a welcome resurgence of the investigation" into the deadly blaze.
The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services has ordered a Florida-based party supplier to stop selling illegal sparklers to residents and businesses in the Commonwealth.