Swiss bar employee who reportedly held sparkler unaware of dangers, family says
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Cyane Panine, a 24-year-old staff member at Le Constellation bar in Crans Montana, died in a New Year's Eve fire and reportedly received no safety training or warning about the ceiling's fire risk, according to her family's lawyer.
- The bar's owners, Jacques and Jessica Moretti, face charges including manslaughter by negligence and arson by negligence, with investigations indicating sparklers ignited flammable soundproof foam on the ceiling.
- Forty people died and 116 were injured in the blaze, which occurred in a venue that had not undergone safety inspections for five years, prompting the Swiss canton of Valais to ban indoor pyrotechnic devices.
- Jessica Moretti has been placed under a
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