Investigators on Friday faced the grim task of identifying victims from a devastating blaze that tore through a crowded New Year’s Eve party at the Le Constellation bar, a ski resort, killing around 40 people and leaving more than 100 injured, many critically.

The first publicly identified victim was 16-year-old Italian international golfer Emanuele Galeppini, who lived in Dubai.

Authorities cautioned that the identification process could take days due to the severity of the burns sustained by the mostly young crowd.

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