2 w. ago Swiss bar owners where 40 people died to be quizzed on private wealth

A married couple face questions about how they amassed their fortune before 40 people perished in their bar in Switzerland as questions mount over how they could afford to pay outright for their real estate empire in the upmarket ski resort.

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2 w. ago Nearly all of Swiss fire victims died trapped on basement stairwell narrowed by pimp bar owner – as he appears in court

THE majority of the victims killed in the New Year fire at a Swiss bar burned to death after becoming trapped on a narrow staircase that had been reduced in size by the owners. Horrific new details of the basement inferno were released as one of the bar owners - 49-year-old Jacques Moretti - prepared...

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss bar where 40 died said he found waitress behind locked door in pile of bodies

One of the owners said the fire was ‘the tragedy of my life’

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2 w. ago Swiss bar owner 'desperately tried to save waitress before she died in fire'

Jacques Moretti's statements to investigators have been reported in Switzerland, ten days on from the disaster that killed 20 children and left a further 116 injured

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss ski resort bar where 40 died in New Year's Eve party fire is arrested

Jacques Moretti, co-owner of Le Constellation in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, was detained in Sion as Switzerland held a national day of mourning

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss bar where 40 people died in a New Year's Eve fire has been arrested

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss bar where 40 people died in horror fire on New Year's Eve arrested

Jacques Moretti, 49, had been at liberty since the disaster eight days ago, but Swiss prosecutors on Friday said he was now considered ‘a flight risk’ before a possible trial on a range of charges

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2 w. ago Manager of Swiss bar 'seen fleeing burning building with till stuffed cash' as fire spread

40 people aged between 14 and 39 died in the fire disaster at a bar in a Swiss ski resort town with more than 100 being left with injuries in the horror inferno

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3 w. ago Hero teenage boxer, 18, who died trying to save his friend in the Swiss bar inferno was the son of a British expat

Benjamin Johnson, 18, was among the 40 victims of the New Year's Eve inferno that tore through the popular Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

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3 w. ago The 40 young revellers killed in Swiss bar inferno: Boxer who died trying to save friend, and the boy caught by a twist of fate... amid claims fire extinguishers were 'kept in a locked room'

The fire, at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, claimed the lives of forty victims; 26 were aged between 14 and 18.

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3 w. ago Katherine Ryan's daughter pays tribute to tragic Swiss fire victim educated in UK

Katherine Ryan's eldest daughter Violet has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to British-educated teen Charlotte Niddam, who tragically died in the Swiss bar fire

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3 w. ago Pictured: Boxer, 18, who died trying to save his friend in Swiss bar fire

Benjamin Johnson, 18, a member of the Lausanne Boxing Club, died alongside at least 39 others on New Year's Eve as an inferno ravaged the popular Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

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3 w. ago Owner of the Swiss ski bar where 40 people died spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was 'a known pimp'

The owner of the Swiss ski bar at the centre of a New Year's Day inferno that claimed 40 lives and left 119 injured spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was a known pimp, it emerged today.

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3 w. ago Mother of teenager who died in Swiss bar fire says he ‘has now left to party in paradise’

A Mass was held Sunday for victims of the New Year's Eve fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, which left 40 dead and many injured

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3 w. ago Switzerland fire latest: 16 more victims identified by police – including 14

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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3 w. ago Married Swiss ski resort couple charged with manslaughter as they break cover

The married couple who own the bar where at least 40 people died in the Swiss New Year fire have been charged with manslaughter by negligence

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3 w. ago Switzerland fire latest: Bar managers under criminal investigation as police provide first details on victims

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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3 w. ago Switzerland fire latest: Police provide first details on victims as families face agonising wait for information

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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3 w. ago Owner of Swiss bar where at least 40 died says ‘we followed the rules’ as he faces police probe

The owner of the Swiss nightclub where 40 New Year revellers died in a tragic inferno has claimed the bar met 'the standards', despite the deadly blaze reportedly taking hold in seconds

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3 w. ago New disturbing pic shows last minutes inside Swiss bar where 40 died after horror fire

A chilling new photo from the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, shows the exact moment flames erupted from the ceiling foam

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