Crans-Montana: Police identify all 40 victims of Swiss bar fire

Among those killed by the blaze at Le Constellation is 16-year-old Swiss national Arthur Brodard, his mother confirms.

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The victims range in age from 14 to 39 years old, with 15 aged under 18. The youngest were a Swiss girl and a French boy, both 14. The group includes people of Swiss, Italian, Romanian, Turkish, Portuguese, French, and Belgian nationalities, as well as a citizen of the UK, France and Israel.

In addition to the 40 killed, 119 others were injured. Most have severe burns - six of them so severe that they have yet to be identified.

A criminal investigation into the French couple who managed Le Constellation bar is under way.

Sparklers on bottles being carried too close to the ceiling are the likely cause of the fire, a preliminary investigation has found.