A TEENAGER who was left in critical condition after a horror fire tore through a Swiss bar and killed dozens of people has died – taking the death toll to 41.
The Swiss national, 18, succumbed to their injuries following the catastrophic blaze at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.
The local prosecutor said: “An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich on January 31.”
The disastrous inferno on New Year’s Eve also left 116 people injured.
Most of the victims were young – with eight being 16 or under.
As of Monday, 44 patients are being treated abroad with severe burns – including 18 in France, 12 in Italy, eight in Germany and six in Belgium.
Preliminary findings suggest the fire broke out when sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited soundproof foam attached to the bar’s ceiling, cops say.
The bar in Crans-Montana had not had a safety check for five years, authorities confirmed.
Owners of the bar and married couple Jacques and Jessica Moretti have been accused of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence.
According to leaked interrogation records seen by Le Parisien, the French nationals repeatedly told prosecutors: “It’s not us, it’s the others.”
During around 20 hours of questioning by three prosecutors, the couple allegedly pinned responsibility on waitress Cyane Panine, 24, who died in the blaze.
But her devastated parents, Jerome and Astrid Panine, said she was just following instructions from Jessica to “get the atmosphere going”.
“She trusted people without the slightest suspicion. She paid the ultimate price for this with her life,” her mother said.
It comes after another burn survivor who was in a coma for 18 days after the fatal fire woke up before saying she couldn’t escape the nightmares.
Roze, 18, was taken to a Belgian hospital after suffering horrific third degree burns.
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