4 days ago - The couple, who bought the bar in 2015 before renovating it, have denied any wrongdoing and in a statement this week said they were “devastated and overwhelmed with grief” while promising “full cooperation” with the investigation. Authorities said the fire started in the bar’s crammed basement room after sparklers attached to champagne bottles were held too close to a ceiling believed to have been clad with soundproofing foam.

2 days ago - The French owner of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a fire during new year celebrations has told investigators a service door had been locked from the inside.

1 week ago - Fire safety inspections hadn’t been carried out since 2019 at the Swiss bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured, local authorities said Tuesday.

2 days ago - New details about the devastating fire at the Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, which claimed 40 lives on New Year's Eve, have been revealed; a service door in the basement was locked from the inside.

2 weeks ago - Authorities in Switzerland say dozens have been killed in a fire that tore through a bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

1 week ago - Swiss police said Monday they’ve identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a New Year’s celebration in a crowded bar. They put the total at 116, more than two-thirds still in hospitals. Authorities had previously given a figure of 119 injured, on top of the 40 people killed.

18 hours ago - On 1 January 2026 at 01:26 (CET), during New Year celebrations, a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the ski-resort town of Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland. Forty people died in the fire, and 116 others were injured, with 83 being ...

3 days ago - Jessica Moretti, a French owner of Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, tearfully apologized to victims of the New Year’s Day fire. Swiss prosecutors have ordered the detention of her husband and the bar’s co-owner, Jacques ...

4 days ago - Swiss prosecutors said on Friday they had ordered one of the two owners of a ski resort bar where a fire on New Year’s Day killed 40 people to be detained due to flight risk, with local media saying the order had been carried out.

4 days ago - The blaze ripped through Le Constellation, a popular bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps, early on Jan. 1. Owners of "Le Constellation" bar Jacques Moretti and Jessica Moretti arrive for a hearing at the Office of the public ...

4 days ago - Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year’s Eve celebration, as prosecutors requested one of the managers to be placed in pre-trial detention.

1 week ago - Authorities in Crans-Montana have said safety officers had not inspected 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, for the past five years.

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6 days ago - Investigators suspect the blaze at "Le Constellation" bar broke out when revellers held up sparkling candles too close to soundproofing foam on the basement ceiling.

2 weeks ago - The fire was likely started by sparklers attached to champagne bottles that came too close to the ceiling, says the attorney general, though she adds they are "pursuing several hypotheses" There are 119 people injured, 113 of whom have been ...