Milan, Feb. 5 (LaPresse) – The Canton of Valais has made the first payments of the emergency allowance of 10,000 francs to the injured or the families of the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.
So far, 48 victims have received the amount. “Applications are currently being processed as the required documents are received and then forwarded to the bank for payment,” the Canton of Valais said, according to Blick.
The canton had announced on January 14 that it would disburse this lump sum of 10,000 francs. The payment took some time because a “minimum of administrative checks” was necessary, the statement explains. Of the 48 payments already made, 14 were sent to foreign accounts: 7 in France, 6 in Italy, and 1 in Belgium.
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