'For us, 2026 doesn't exist': parent of Swiss bar fire victim

The fatal New Year’s Eve fire in Crans-Montana has turned the lives of the victims' families upside down. They are struggling to cope with their new reality, and some are critical of Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A month after the fire at the Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort, around 70 people are still hospitalised with severe burns. Swiss public broadcaster RTS spoke with some victims and their relatives. + Crans-Montana tragedy highlights limits of Swiss federal system “For us, 2026 doesn’t exist. Everything has been at a standstill since New Year’s Eve,” said Lionel Aubrun as he summarised the brutal upheaval that dozens of families have experienced. Aubrun and his family moved to Metz after January 1, about 170 kilometres from their home, to be as close as possible to their son Matthieu. The 27-year-old had started working as a waiter at the Constellation bar two weeks before the disaster. He suffered severe burns over about a ...