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Poland ready to welcome 14 injured people from Crans-Montana
Following the deadly blaze in a Crans-Montana bar in Switzerland, 14 injured people will be transferred to Poland. Following a request by Switzerland, Poland is ready to treat them in Polish hospitals, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared on Friday.
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In a message on the social media platform X, Tusk expressed his “deepest condolences” to the families and loved ones of the victims of the New Year’s Eve bar fire in Crans-Montana.
He added that Poland was ready to provide specialised medical care for 14 seriously injured people.
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Crans-Montana: around 40 dead and 115 seriously injured in blaze in Swiss ski resort bar
Around 40 people are dead and 115 seriously injured, many young people, after a fire tore through the “Le Constellation” bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana in southern Switzerland on January 1, according to Valais cantonal police.
The injured have been transported to various hospitals across Switzerland, including Sion, Lausanne, Bern, Geneva and Zurich. Other neighbouring countries have offered specialist help.
Italy and France are among the countries that have said some
of their nationals are still missing or injured.
Three other injured people are being treated in France in hospitals in Lyon and Paris. They are two French nationals and a Swiss citizen, according to a French diplomatic source.
The French Ministry of Health has made 19 beds available, including 15 for adults and four for children, to accommodate the injured at the request of the Swiss authorities, a spokesman for the Quai d’Orsay told France Info TV.
Several injured people have also been reportedly transferred to Italy and Germany.
Croatia has also offered medical assistance to Switzerland. The country has offered to take in ten patients. Davor Spevec, Deputy Director of Civil Protection, said they were responding to a request for help from Switzerland. They are now awaiting a decision from the Swiss authorities in order to organise transport and further steps.
A team of specialists from Israel will also reportedly assist Swiss authorities in identifying the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana.
The team, which belongs to the Israeli Red Cross, arrived in Crans-Montana on Thursday, the Italian news agency Adnkronos reported on Friday. The emergency responders specialise in identifying charred bodies.
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