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When Safety Checks Stop: What the Crans-Montana Fire Reveals About Local Decision-Making
In the wake of the devastating fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland on 1st January 2926, shock quickly gave way to grief. Forty people lost their lives. More than a hundred were injured. A town known for order, safety, and reliability was left asking how such a tragedy could happen at all. As reported by the BBC and The Guardian , attention soon shifted from the fire itself to the system surrounding it — particularly the failure to carry out routine fire-safety inspec
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