Eighty-three still in hospital after NY fire tragedy

The majority of those wounded in the devastating New Year bar blaze in Crans-Montana were still in hospital yesterday, as the bodies of five Italian teenagers were repatriated from Switzerland.

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A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial outside the Le Constellation bar, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland on Monday.

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Four days on from the disaster, Swiss police announced all 116 people wounded in the deadly fire had now been identified, alongside the 40 fatalities, most of whom were teenagers attending the event.

Swiss authorities believe the fire in Le Constellation bar, in the upscale Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana, started in its basement level.

They believe that sparklers attached to champagne bottles were lifted too close to the sound insulation foam on the ceiling as people celebrated the New Year in the early hours of Thursday morning.