Overview
- A Swiss family of two burn survivors went public Sunday with a 56 million franc damages claim tied to the New Year’s Eve blaze.
- The claim names bar managers Jacques and Jessica Moretti along with commune president Nicolas Féraud and several municipal officials.
- Valais’s rescue service filed a criminal complaint over the unauthorized release of emergency-call recordings from the night of the fire.
- Prosecutors say the bar co-owner, his wife, and seven others remain under criminal investigation, and a planned hearing for Jacques Moretti was postponed for medical reasons.
- The commune has acknowledged no required annual fire inspections at the bar since 2019, a gap that could strengthen civil claims and lead to large public payouts.