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Swiss teen becomes 41st fatality in Alpine bar fire

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — The death toll from the New Year’s Day bar fire at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana rose to 41 after an 18-year-old victim died from injuries in a Zurich hospital, regional prosecutors said Saturday. “An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich on January 31,” Wallis canton’s public prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud, said in a brief statement. “The death toll from the fire at Le Constellation bar on January 1, 2026 has now risen to 41.” The inferno, which tore through the basement…

Tragedy in Argentina: One Fatality and Multiple Individuals Missing After Hotel Collapse

A tragic incident has unfolded in the Argentine coastal town of Villa Gesell, where a ten-story hotel building has collapsed, resulting in the death of an elderly man and leaving a dozen individuals unaccounted for, as reported by local officials and media outlets. "The calamity struck around 1:00 am, leading to the collapse of the ten-story structure that housed the Dubrovnik Hotel," stated the municipality of Villa Gesell, situated approximately 350 kilometers south of Buenos Aires along the picturesque Atlantic coast.…