Overview
- Authorities confirm 40 dead and about 116 injured, with the Wallis cantonal council approving CHF 10,000 for bereaved families and hospitalized survivors.
- Investigators documented dozens of spent fire fountains, illegal ground fireworks and roughly 100 additional devices, as operators acknowledged using bottle-mounted pyrotechnics during champagne service.
- Bar owner Jacques Moretti remains in pre-trial detention, and his wife Jessica was ordered to surrender her documents and remain in Switzerland.
- Survivor and police accounts describe a single narrow stairway, a locked entrance and people breaking windows during a chaotic escape.
- Scrutiny now targets a 2019 inspection that omitted the flammable foam ceiling and the couple’s opaque financing, with Roberto Saviano alleging money‑laundering links, as reports also cite a 2016 Swiss conviction for illegal employment.