4 h. 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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12 h. ago Mayor says Swiss bar where fire claimed 40 lives hadn’t been inspected in years

‘We are deeply sorry. We had no indication that the checks had not been done as requested,’ Crans-Montana Mayor Nicolas Feraud told reporters

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13 h. ago Shock moment sparklers nearly set Swiss bar on fire 6 YEARS before NYE blaze killed 40 as waiter screams ‘watch out!’

THIS is the shocking moment sparklers nearly set a Swiss bar on fire six years before the catastrophic New Year's Eve blaze that killed 40 people and left 116 injured. Newly emerged footage shows a staff member at a packed ski bar desperately shouting for revellers to move sparklers away from the ceiling. The warning...

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14 h. 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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15 h. ago Chilling video shows Swiss bar staff begging revellers to keep sparklers away from roof foam on New Year's Eve 2019

'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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16 h. ago Swiss bar fire which killed 40 'underwent last safety check almost seven years ago'

A criminal investigation into the bar's managers was opened last week

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19 h. ago No safety inspections at site of Swiss bar fire for past five years, mayor says

Nicolas Féraud says he does not know why bar in Crans-Montana had not been inspected annually, as required by lawAuthorities in Crans-Montana have said the bar that caught fire in the Swiss ski resort on New Year’s Eve, killing 40 mainly young partygoers and injuring more than 100, had not been inspected by safety officers for the past five years.“Periodic inspections were not conducted between 2020 and 2025. We bitterly regret this,” the mayor of the town, Nicolas Féraud, told a press conference in the town on Tuesday, five days after the disaster at Le Constellation bar. Continue reading...

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20 h. 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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20 h. ago Swiss bar where fatal New Year's fire broke out had last safety inspection in 2019

Local authorities say fire safety inspections hadn’t been carried out for several years at the bar where a fire that broke out at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured

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29 h. 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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37 h. ago Owner of Swiss bar in deadly NYE fire ‘was a pimp and fraudster who served time in jail’ as he and wife quizzed by cops

ONE of the owners of the Swiss bar where a blaze killed 40 people was allegedly a pimp who served time in jail – before his dodgy DIY turned Le Constellation into a death trap. Jacques Moretti, 49, reportedly had an extensive criminal history including convictions for "fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment." Moretti owned the...

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39 h. ago All 116 people injured in Swiss resort fire identified, say police

Bodies of first foreign victims repatriated after 40 people died in blaze in Crans-Montana on New Year’s EveAll 116 people injured in the fire that tore through a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing 40 mostly young partygoers, have been identified, police have said, as the bodies of the first foreign victims were repatriated.Police in Valais canton said in a statement on Monday they had revised the number of wounded down from 119 because three people admitted to accident and emergency wards on Thursday morning had been wrongly recorded as injured in the blaze. Continue reading...

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42 h. 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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43 h. 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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56 h. 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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57 h. 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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59 h. ago Man who died after being pulled from sea was trying to rescue a mother and daughter

Mark Ratcliffe, 67, had been trying to save Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace, 15, who remains missing, police sayA man who died trying to save two people from the sea in East Yorkshire on Friday was attempting to rescue a mother and her teenage daughter, Humberside police have said.The body of Sarah Keeling, 45, was recovered from Withernsea on Friday, while Grace Keeling, 15, remains missing after being washed away. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Silent procession of 2,000 mourners fills streets in poignant tribute after 40 killed in horror blaze at Swiss ski bar

MORE THAN 2,000 mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort where 40 partygoers were killed in a New Year bar inferno. The poignant procession in the alpine town of Crans-Montana followed an emotional church service in memory of the dead. They filled the Chapel St Christophe and poured onto the streets outside to...

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63 h. ago My friend showered me with gifts... then made an indecent proposal. DEAR JANE, I can't stomach what I might have to do

I thought my friend was being kind and generous - but boy, was I wrong. We'd grab dinner, lunch or drinks to casually catch up. But those occasional hangs took a darker turn.

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64 h. ago Family pay tribute to ‘selfless hero’ who died trying to save two people from sea in Yorkshire

Body of 45-year-old woman was also recovered, police say, while searches continue for remaining missing person

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