Valais: a 14-year-old girl burned by a firework

Two people were seriously injured on New Year’s Eve in Saas-Fee (VS). A teenage girl was transported to CHUV due to significant burns caused by a firework. A 20-year-old man fell seven meters from a window.

A pyrotechnic device exploded in the middle of a crowd shortly before midnight in Saas-Fee, Valais cantonal police said in a press release on Wednesday.

Four people were injured, one seriously. This is a young woman of 14 years old. The three other victims, more lightly injured, received outpatient treatment. The police arrested an 18-year-old Swiss boy in order to clarify the circumstances that led to the explosion.

Also in Saas-Fee, around 1:30 a.m., a 20-year-old foreign national fell seven meters from a window. Seriously injured, he was transported to Sion hospital, adds the cantonal police, who rule out the intervention of a third party. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into these two events which took place in Saas-Fee.

Nearly 100 interventions

The cantonal police received around 600 calls during New Year’s Eve. Most of the reports were received for fights, nighttime disturbances, domestic violence, road accidents, fires, disappearances, property damage and accidents. The police intervened 90 times.

Finally, an apartment caught fire during the night in Sierre. Two people were poisoned by smoke and transported to Sion hospital for a check-up.

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