What do we know about the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana?
Twenty-three French citizens were injured in the fire. Besides Pauline Perissini, 23-year-old Gaëtan Thomas, a bartender at the La Constellation restaurant, suffered third-degree burns and was placed on life support in Switzerland. He had been working there as a seasonal employee since November. Another Gaëtan, from Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas, who is also in a medically induced coma, was transferred from Lausanne to Paris over the weekend, according to Ici Gard Lozère. High school students Artus, Edgar, and Valentin from Versailles suffered varying degrees of injury: Valentin, who is in a medically induced coma in Lyon, suffered burns to 40% of his body, particularly his face and hands. Artus is in serious condition, while Edgar is conscious. Mélanie Van De Velde from Angers was repatriated to a hospital in Nantes, where her family is at her bedside. The 32-year-old mother of a two-year-old daughter suffered burns to 40% of her body. According to her brother, who spoke to TF1, she is « doing well ».
