Swiss bar fire victims mourned as ID process continues

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Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 were among those who died in the New Year's Eve bar fire that killed 40 people in Switzerland, police said on Sunday (January 4), as many still wait to hear from their loved ones. - REUTERS

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00:01Hundreds of mourners took to the streets of Kran, Montana on Sunday to remember victims

00:06of the New Year's Eve bar fire that killed at least 40 people in Switzerland.

00:13This man said he had learned just minutes ago that one of his son's friends died, adding

00:23that another one is undergoing hospital treatment for burns.

00:28Police said teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old were among the victims, while hundreds

00:34were injured, including many with severe burns in what has become one of the worst disasters

00:39in recent Swiss history.

00:41The Swiss government said on Sunday that dozens of patients have been transferred to specialized

00:46clinics in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy.

00:50Many of the victims remain unidentified.

00:5389-year-old Pierre Prolong fears his granddaughter Emily and her friends may be among the dead.

01:01As of Saturday afternoon, the family had not heard from her, although they have a direct

01:06line to the authorities.

01:07Prolong described the wait for information as a very great suffering.

01:11I think, or rather, I have the feeling that probably she has entered into a new life, he said.

01:23The region's chief prosecutor has said the fire was likely started by sparklers held too

01:32close to the ceiling at the Constellation Bar.

01:36The prosecutor said the two people who ran the bar are under criminal investigation on suspicion

01:40of offences including homicide by negligence.

01:43Switzerland will hold a national day of mourning on Friday.

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