The Swiss canton of Valais has banned pyrotechnic devices in all indoor public venues following the devastating fire at a bar on New Year’s Eve where 40 people were killed and 116 were injured.
Authorities said each of the victims would get a 10,000 franc ($12,500; £9,200) emergency payment, with a fund being set up to collect donations.
The canton of Geneva also announced a ban on pyrotechnics in indoor venues – days after Vaud became the first of Switzerland’s 26 regions to take such a decision.
The blaze at Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana is believed to have started when sparklers attached to champagne bottles set light to sound-insulating foam padding on the ceiling.