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Four more who died in Swiss bar blaze have been identified, police say

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ZURICH, Jan 4 (Reuters) - ​The bodies of four more people who died in the fire that killed 40 ⁠people at a bar in Switzerland on New Year's Eve have been identified, cantonal police ‍said.

Two Swiss women aged 24 and 22 along with ​two Swiss men aged 21 and 18 have been identified and their bodies have been returned ​to their families, Valais police said. No further information was given.

The news takes the number of identified bodies following the blaze in the ski resort of Crans-Montana to eight, ‌after the identification of four other bodies ‌on Saturday.

Officials are still trying to identify many of those ​killed in the fire at the Le Constellation bar, which has become one of Switzerland's ‌worst tragedies.

Some 119 people suffered injuries, including severe ⁠burns, with many transferred to burn units ‌in hospitals around Europe. ​Work on identifying the dead and the injured are continuing, the police said.

Two people who ran ⁠the bar are ⁠under criminal investigation on suspicion of offences including ​homicide by negligence, prosecutors said on Saturday.

(Reporting by John Revill; ‌Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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