Geneva, Jan 8, 2026 (AFP) - Bar owners in Swiss fire tragedy to be questioned Friday

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The French owners of the bar in a Swiss ski resort town that went up in flames on New Year's Eve will be questioned on Friday, sources close to the investigation said. French couple Jacques and Jessica Moretti owned and managed the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, which was filled with young partygoers when the blaze erupted at around 1:30 am on January 1. Forty people, most of them teenagers, were killed, and 116 were injured. The pair, wh......

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