9 h. ago Swiss bar owners ‘blame girl in the helmet’ for starting horror NYE fire that killed 40, leaked police interview reveals

THE Swiss bar owners facing prison over a New Year’s Eve inferno that killed 40 people have blamed a young waitress for starting the blaze and blocking an escape route, a leaked police interview reveals. Jacques Moretti, 49, and his wife Jessica Moretti, 40, are under judicial supervision after the deadly fire at Le Constellation...

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10 h. ago Swiss inferno bar owners place blame on tragic 'waitress in the helmet' and say fire was result of her 'show' climbing on to colleague's shoulders with lit sparklers

The Swiss bar owners facing prison following the New Year fire in which 40 people died have firmly blamed their young staff for causing it and blocking an escape exit, it emerged today.

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3 d. ago Parents of waitress blamed for Swiss bar inferno break silence

Cyane Panine, 24, was the waitress in the crash helmet seen in the widely shared footage

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3 d. ago 'She trusted people and paid the ultimate price': Parents of 'girl in the helmet' waitress cruelly blamed for Swiss inferno speak out

The implication that Cyane Panine - 'the girl in the helmet' - was somehow to blame for the Swiss bar inferno which killed 40 and injured more than 100 is one that is compounding the family's unending grief.

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7 d. ago 'Owner of Swiss nightclub FILMED waitress unwittingly spark deadly inferno

In a clip taken from Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, a woman can be seen in the foreground holding a champagne bottle topped with a lit sparkler in one hand and a phone in the other.

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2 w. ago Swiss inferno bar owner says he forced open a locked door after fire and found a pile of bodies

Jacques Moretti, the French co-owner of the Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, was taken into custody on Friday.

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss inferno bar is taken into custody after being deemed a 'flight risk' as he and wife face manslaughter probe

The owner of the Swiss bar where a blaze killed 40 people on New Year's Eve has been arrested, following an order from Swiss prosecutors. 

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2 w. ago Swiss inferno bar owner sobs as she arrives for questioning with her husband

It comes as Switzerland marks a national day of mourning for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged the ski resort nightclub crammed with New Year revellers.

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2 w. ago Husband and wife owners of Swiss inferno bar arrive for questioning at prosecutor's office as country holds national day of mourning

It comes as Switzerland marks a national day of mourning for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged the ski resort nightclub crammed with New Year revellers.

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2 w. ago The saddest farewell: Heartbroken families start burying loved

The funerals of the six Italian teenagers who were among the 40 killed in the New Year's Eve blaze were being held on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Swiss inferno bar owner recruited sex workers for 'Hot Rabbit' massage parlour

Jacques Moretti, 49, is currently under criminal investigation for the blaze at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, a ski resort in Switzerland.

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2 w. ago Swiss inferno bar owner is a 'known pimp' convicted of recruiting sex workers for 'Hot Rabbit' massage parlour

Jacques Moretti, 49, is currently under criminal investigation for the blaze at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, a ski resort in Switzerland.

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3 w. ago The moment a sparkler almost set Swiss bar on fire six years before inferno killed 40 people at the same venue

'Watch out for the foam, watch out for the foam,' the waiter can he heard shouting, as a sparkler in a bottle approaches the ceiling dangerously.

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3 w. ago Swiss mayor admits inferno bar had not been inspected for FIVE YEARS and issues grovelling apology

The mayor of Crans Montana has admitted that the party venue had not had any safety checks for five years. 

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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 Former British schoolgirl, 15, is confirmed to be among victims of Swiss bar inferno as all are identified

Police announced on Sunday evening that the teenager, who also had French and Israeli nationality, had been identified.

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3 w. ago Firefighters who braved Swiss ski resort inferno honour victims they couldn't save

Firefighters who braved the inferno at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana were applauded by locals yesterday as they laid a wreath for the victims.

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3 w. ago Swiss ski bar which erupted into New Year inferno used 'essentially the same insulation foam as Grenfell', ex

The Swiss ski bar that catastrophically burst into flames on New Year's Eve used the same insulation foam as Grenfell Tower, a former firefighter commander has claimed.

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3 w. ago Swiss ski bar which erupted into New Year inferno used same insulation foam as Grenfell, ex

The Swiss ski bar that catastrophically burst into flames on New Year's Eve used the same insulation foam as Grenfell Tower, a former firefighter commander has claimed.

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