US EditionCrans-Montana fire: French bar owners under criminal inquiry
- On Friday, the public prosecutor's office of the canton of Valais opened a criminal investigation against Jacques Moretti and Jessica Moretti, co-owners of Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.
- A New Year's Eve blaze at Le Constellation bar, Crans-Montana killed around 40 people and injured 119, with preliminary investigative findings pointing to smouldering candles on champagne bottles as a possible cause.
- Jacques and Jessica Moretti were questioned as witnesses at the start of the inquiry, and no pretrial detention has been imposed, with Beatrice Pilloud stressing the presumption of innocence.
- Prosecutors allege negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and negligently causing a conflagration, the public prosecutor's office of the canton of Valais said in a Saturday press release.
- The Morettis moved to Crans-Montana in 2015 and purchased Le Constellation after running other businesses in Corsica; locals describe them as hard-working and a friend of the resort.
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