Overview
- Wallis Cantonal Court ordered preventive detention for Jacques Moretti for an initial three months, indicating release could be considered if a security deposit and other safeguards are set, while Jessica Moretti remains under judicial supervision with an electronic tag.
- Prosecutors have placed the co-owners under criminal investigation on suspicion of manslaughter by negligence, negligent bodily harm and negligent arson, with the presumption of innocence in place as the inquiry continues.
- Investigators’ initial hypothesis points to sparklers attached to bottles igniting ceiling foam in the basement, and authorities have acknowledged no fire safety inspections were conducted at Le Constellation since 2019.
- In statements to prosecutors, Jacques Moretti said a service door was found locked from the inside and that he forced it open to find several unconscious people, including waitress Cyane Panine, who later died.
- The blaze killed 40 people and injured about 116, many of them teenagers and young adults, and hospitals in Switzerland and abroad continue to treat severely burned survivors, as media have also highlighted past footage warning to “watch out for the foam.”