{"id":213472,"date":"2026-01-02T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/213472\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:54:09","slug":"live-updates-swiss-ski-resort-fire-leaves-40-dead-at-switzerlands-crans-montana-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/213472\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Swiss ski resort fire leaves 40 dead at Switzerland\u2019s Crans-Montana in the Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjwzdy2u00153b6skw196ixu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Le Constellation bar in Switzerland\u2019s Crans-Montana ski resort had a fire exit but most people inside the venue would have struggled to find it after fire broke out, a regional security chief said as he answered questions regarding the building\u2019s inspection during a press conference Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjx0widh001c3b6sol1ex943@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt seems that most people try to leave through the main exit, but this public place also had a fire exit,\u201d Valais security director St\u00e9phane Ganzer told journalists.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjx0yr5z001d3b6sfgx2h0b2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He continued, \u201cBut as you can understand, when there is an instance of flashover where you have so much smoke that it\u2019s impossible to see to move, the majority of people, one would imagine, failed to find the fire exit.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjwz6a9i00123b6sfar02o7l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meanwhile Chief Prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud, responding to questions regarding the acoustic foam material the roof of the venue\u2019s basement was made from, confirmed an investigation was looking into the installation of that material.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjx101ew001f3b6s31qyy976@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe investigation is indeed looking at the installation of this foam and the related facts. The investigation will determine, to the extent possible, whether or not this acoustic foam meets requirements,\u201d Pilloud said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjx13lnl001h3b6s2qya0jtv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She added, \u201cAs things stand today, given we have only had a few hours of the investigation in place, I can\u2019t tell you whether or not it has been installed with or without regulation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Le Constellation bar in Switzerland\u2019s Crans-Montana ski resort had a fire exit but most people inside the venue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-213472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}