Overview
- After a lengthy hearing in Sion, owner Jacques Moretti was remanded in pretrial detention, while his wife Jessica was released.
- Valais authorities are pursuing an instruction for homicide by negligence, bodily injury by negligence and fire by negligence, with detention justified by a concrete risk of flight.
- Investigators are probing whether fountain-style sparklers ignited insulating acoustic foam on the basement ceiling and are reviewing 2015 works, escape routes, extinguishers and the absence of official checks since 2019.
- Archived footage from 2019 showing staff warning about the foam’s fire risk is being weighed to assess possible prior awareness of the hazard.
- A national tribute in Martigny featured a countrywide minute of silence and attendance by Emmanuel Macron and Sergio Mattarella, as families grieve 40 dead and 116 injured and dozens remain hospitalized in Swiss and neighboring burn units.