{"id":385156,"date":"2026-01-03T07:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385156\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T07:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:41:08","slug":"live-updates-switzerland-ski-resort-fire-leaves-40-dead-at-crans-montana-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385156\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Switzerland ski resort fire leaves 40 dead at Crans-Montana in the Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjxbmwwi01112dqh1wow12ys@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2022 Families still seeking loved ones: Three days after the incident, some people remain unaccounted for. Relatives of some of the missing said they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/swiss-fire-alps-ski-resort-01-02-26-intl-hnk?post-id=cmjxo0aj400053b6ru017l84m\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">haven\u2019t heard from their loved ones<\/a>. Authorities have said it could \u201ctake several days\u201d to identify those killed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjxbmwwi01102dqha0lp01nf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2022 Likely cause identified: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/02\/europe\/how-swiss-club-fire-unfolded-vis-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sparklers on champagne bottles<\/a> that came too close to the ceiling were the likely cause of the fire, say officials. The presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/swiss-fire-alps-ski-resort-01-02-26-intl-hnk?post-id=cmjwph1c100003d5ujdi3ww37\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acoustic tiles<\/a>, which can be seen on the ceiling in photos, may have contributed to the spread of the fire, according to an independent fire consultant.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjxqlw4q000d3b6qtdinbpl1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2022 Owners interviewed: The two French owners of the bar have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/swiss-fire-alps-ski-resort-01-02-26-intl-hnk?post-id=cmjx0s9nh001c356sw2ulk9zh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed by police<\/a>. Investigators are examining whether the bar complied with fire regulations and looking at access to fire escapes and fire extinguishers as well as the number of people present at the bar\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 Families still seeking loved ones: Three days after the incident, some people remain unaccounted for. Relatives of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-385156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}