Deadly Swiss New Year’s Bar Fire Exposes Safety Lapses, Prompts Criminal Probe

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefCRANS-MONTANA/AMSTERDAM (Worthy News) – Fire safety inspections had not been carried out for several years at the Swiss mountain bar where a New Year’s party blaze killed 40 people and injured at least 116 others, local authorities confirmed Wednesday, as investigators widened a criminal probe into the tragedy.Swiss officials believe the fire at Le Constellation in the resort town of Crans-Montana erupted shortly after 1:30 a.m. on January 1