US EditionOwner of Swiss ski resort bar where 40 died in New Year's Eve party fire is arrested
Jacques Moretti faces charges including negligent homicide after a New Year's fire at Le Constellation killed 40 and injured 116, with safety inspections not done since 2019.
- On January 9, 2026, Jacques Moretti was detained in Sion and he and Jessica Moretti attended a hearing facing manslaughter, bodily harm, and arson charges.
- Prosecutors say sparklers raised to the ceiling ignited foam soundproofing beneath the basement ceiling on January 1, at 1.30am, starting the fire.
- The fire killed 40 people and injured 116, with victims aged 14–39, roughly half under 18, including seven French and six Italian nationals.
- Prosecutors have launched criminal probes into the bar's French owners, victims' families filed complaints, and Swiss President Guy Parmelin urged accountability 'without delay or leniency' at the Martigny ceremony.
- Local officials acknowledged missed safety inspections at the bar, reports said the safety route was illegal and at least one emergency exit locked, while Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni weighs banning indoor sparklers.
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One of the owners of a famous ski bar in Switzerland has been detained after a fire on New Year's Eve killed 40 people and injured more than 100 others. It was discovered that the building had evaded safety inspections for five years.
After the fire in the Swiss ski resort Crans-Montana, the operator of the bar has been detained.
He was arrested by the owner of the bar burned from Initiation, both he and his wife, co-owner of the bar, were heard in the tragedy of the night of Revelation, both of whom were guilty.With all of this, the men of law decided that the woman remained free.The man was immediately detained after the interrogation, because, writing foreign press, there was a risk of trying to escape from the country. Meanwhile, his wife is obliged to bear the burde…
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