Lawyers for the couple didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment. The prosecutor’s office in the canton of Valais, where the deadly blaze occurred, acknowledged Bloomberg’s request for comment on the report but declined to immediately comment.
They are investigating the couple over alleged fire safety failures, and have said that possible charges include homicide and bodily injury by negligence. The man was arrested following questioning on Friday, after being deemed a flight risk, prosecutors said. His partner and co-manager was not taken into custody, given her connections to the region, they said.
Failures of local authorities have also emerged during the wider investigation, with the mayor of Crans Montana saying that the bar hadn’t been inspected for fire safety since 2019. Under local law, the municipality was responsible for doing so on a regular basis.
Many of those who died were teenagers, with the youngest just 14 years old. Some of the more than 100 people injured are still being treated in hospitals across Europe, given the severity of their burns.
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