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.

All 40 people who died in the New Year's Eve bar fire in Switzerland have been identified, police said on Sunday, with teenagers making up more than half of the death toll.

After a fire in Switzerland left dozens of people dead, Detroit Fire Marshal Donald Thomas said the work that the department does is all about prevention.

Police said they worked with the Institute of Forensic Medicine and the country’s disaster victim identification protocol to return the victims to their loved ones.

Swiss soccer's annual awards ceremony scheduled for next week has been postponed as the nation mourns the fatal fire tragedy on New Year’s Day at a bar in Crans-Montana.

Valais public prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the operators of Le Constellation Bar in Crans Montana, Switzerland, after a fatal fire that broke out on New Years Eve.

Swiss authorities have put the two people who ran the bar under investigation on suspicion of crimes including homicide by negligence.