PEPLEFREVER

Accident · Crans-Montana, Switzerland

2026 Crans-Montana bar fire

1 January 2026 · 41 lives lost

Photo: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
186 candles✍️ 10 tributes
🕯 Light a candleGive

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

What happened

On 1 January 2026 at 01:26 (CET), during New Year celebrations, a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the ski-resort town of Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland. Forty-one people died in the fire, and 115 others were injured, with 83 initially being treated for severe burns. Intensive care units in Valais reached capacity, and victims were transported to hospitals in other parts of Switzerland and to other European countries. A national day of mourning was observed on 9 January 2026 in memory of the victims.

Swiss authorities consider it likely that the ceiling caught fire after lit sparklers or more specifically gerbs attached to champagne bottles were held aloft in celebration. A criminal investigation was opened against the bar's owners.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The people we lost

No forever profiles are linked to this event yet. If you have created a profile for someone lost here, you can link it below.

Created a profile for someone lost here? Sign in to link it.

In the news

10

From social media

Nothing added yet.

Tributes

10
A memory, a thank-you, a goodbye. You can add a photo.
Sort:Showing 10 of 10
Hamish Hill
21 Jun 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

I keep thinking about the families who got a phone call that day. Holding all of you in my thoughts.

Hans Weiss
18 Jun 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

I was nearby when it happened. I still hear the sirens. Thinking of every family tonight.

Nancy Pham
17 May 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

Sending love from Australia. The whole world grieved with you.

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

May their memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us be kinder for having known what was lost.

Madison Burns
11 Mar 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

My cousin's neighbour was there. It's hard to describe how a whole community carries something like this.

Rocio Cabrera
21 Feb 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

So many lives, so much love, gone in a moment. We remember every one of them.

Elaine Wang
14 Jan 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

Every name matters. Every one of them was somebody's whole world.

Karen Peterson
10 Jan 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

Lighting a candle from Canada for everyone who didn't come home.

Keith Henderson
5 Jan 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

We should never let this be forgotten, and never let it happen again.

Elaine Wang
1 Jan 2026

Suggest a change

A short note about this tribute goes straight to the person who looks after the profile: a correction, a missing detail, a better photo. Up to 100 words.

0 / 100 words

Report this

Tell us what is wrong. Reports are private; the person who posted it will not know who reported it.

Thinking of the children who lost parents that day. If you're reading this, you are not alone.

Candles

186
Henry Lam🇺🇸7d ago
Peace.
Anonymous🇮🇳7d ago
Thank you.
Carla Robinson🇺🇸8d ago
Molly Coleman🇺🇸9d ago
Rest in peace.
Tammy Jordan🇺🇸9d ago
Anonymous🇫🇷10d ago
Nomvula Kamau🇿🇦15d ago
Rebecca Curtis🇺🇸17d ago
Carolyn Watkins🇺🇸18d ago
Rest easy.
Blanca Cabrera🇺🇸21d ago
Norma Ramos🇺🇸22d ago
Never forgotten.
Tanvi Chopra🇮🇳23d ago
Thinking of the family today.
Anonymous🇨🇴26d ago
You were one of a kind.
Freja Larsen🇺🇸29d ago
Larry Jackson🇺🇸8 Aug 2026
You were one of a kind.
Amelia Hill🇺🇸7 Aug 2026
Meredith West🇺🇸6 Aug 2026
Benjamin Lawrence🇺🇸5 Aug 2026
Bobby Lewis🇺🇸2 Aug 2026
Ximena Gutierrez🇺🇸31 Jul 2026
Still miss you.
Showing 20 of 186