Owner of Swiss bar where deadly New Year's fire killed 40 detained by prosecutors: Officials

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Owner of Swiss bar where deadly New Year's fire killed 40 detained by prosecutors: Officials

Jacques Moretti was placed in pre-trial detention on Friday, officials said.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/owner-swiss-bar-deadly-new-years-fire-killed/story?id=129058236

By Nadine El-Bawab and Aicha El Hammar Castano

January 9, 2026, 10:34 AM

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Around 40 killed, 115 hurt in Swiss resort bar blaze on New Year's Day, police say A fire of "undetermined origin" broke out at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana at about 1:40 a.m. local time, the Cantonal Police of Valais said in a statement.
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Prosecutors on Friday detained the owner of a Swiss bar where a deadly New Year's Day fire killed 40 people and injured 116 others, according to officials.

Jacques Moretti was placed in pre-trial detention after a meeting with prosecutors in Sion, the prosecutor's office for Switzerland's Valais region said.

The blaze ripped through Le Constellation, a popular bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps, early on Jan. 1................

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[malaise]

1. Now detain the politicians and bureaucrats who failed to inspect the bar for years

Then lock up all the clowns still using bottle sparklers in nightclubs and restaurants.