The 40 people who died in the fire in Crans-Montana have been identified. 20 are children. The youngest victim was 14 years old.

All 40 deceased individuals in the New Year's Eve fire that engulfed the Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana resort have been identified, and 20 of them are minors, the Swiss police announced on Sunday in a statement.

According to the statement, a total of the following have been identified:

21 individuals of Swiss nationality

9 of French nationality, including one Franco-Swiss and one with triple nationality French/Israeli/British

6 of Italian nationality, including one Italian-Emirati

1 of Belgian nationality

1 of Portuguese nationality

1 of Romanian nationality and one of Turkish nationality

The victims were aged between 14 and 39 years.