The Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has announced that 4 victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire disaster will be brought to Belgium later today (Friday 2 January) for treatment.
4 youngsters injured in Swiss bar fire disaster will be brought to Belgium for treatment
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In the early hours of New Year’s Day, at around 1.30am, fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Monana, in the Swiss canton of Valais. At least 47 people died in the fire and more than 115 other were injured. Many of those injured suffered severe burns.
On Thursday evening the Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot (Francophone centrist) said that Belgium would help the Swiss in any way it could. A team consisting of a team leader, 2 doctors and 2 nurses left Belgium for Switzerland on Friday morning.
The 4 young people that will be brought to Belgium from Switzerland later on Friday will receive treatment in specialised burns units. No further information is being given about the patients that will be treated here.