Municipality of Crans-Montana apologises to fire victims' families

The deputy mayor of the municipality of Crans-Montana, Nicole Bonvin Clivaz, has offered apologies and asked for forgiveness from families of the victims of the fire that ripped through a bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Bonvin Clivaz acknowledged in an interview with Swiss public television RTS that any mistakes and shortcomings will emerge from the ongoing investigation. However, the executive of the municipality has ruled out resigning, she told RTS on Friday following a memorial service for the 40 people, many of them minors, who died in the fire. "We want to support [the families] as best we can," she said. "We will do everything we can to ensure that this does not happen again." On Friday, Switzerland held a minute of silence for the victims of the fire, as church bells rang out across the country: Earlier in the week, the municipality gave a press conference during which no such apology was made, a move that ...