Overview
- A Le Figaro report says a furniture supplier emailed police on January 3 alleging Jacques Moretti declined fire-retardant foam for budget reasons in 2015, and the witness has not yet been heard by investigators.
- Tensions flared at the February 12 hearings in Sion, where relatives confronted Jacques and Jessica Moretti; Jacques responded that they would take responsibility as Jessica tried to reach the building in tears.
- The public prosecutor issued an appeal for calm following the confrontations, and victims continue to attend the civil-party examinations permitted under Swiss law.
- Investigators are probing the couple for homicide, bodily injury and arson by negligence, have questioned current and former municipal security chiefs, and cite sparklers igniting acoustic foam as the likely trigger.
- Legal scrutiny has widened after several victims filed late-January complaints naming commune president Nicolas Féraud, and the municipality has acknowledged missing required annual fire-safety inspections since 2019.