40 Dead, 100 Injured — What Began as Celebration Ended in Final Goodbyes

They came to Crans-Montana for fireworks, not fire and death. Survivors recall heat, darkness, and chaos as the bar became a deadly maze—some never made it out. By dawn, the Alps’ glittering resort was shattered: forty lives lost, families in shock, a community searching for how celebration turned to horror. For the survivors, New Year’s will always mean absence, silence, and a countdown that never ended.