A waitress who carried the sparklers that allegedly started the fatal Swiss bar fire was among those who died in the blaze, it has emerged.
Cyane Panine was one of 40 people who died in the New Year’s Eve tragedy. She has been identified as the woman seen in images wearing a crash helmet and carrying sparklers moments before the accidental blaze erupted, 20 Minuten reported.
Footage from the night showed a young woman sitting on one of her colleague’s shoulders, brandishing two champagne bottles with sparklers attached. The ceiling then caught fire.
A woman wearing a crash helmet and carrying sparklers appears to set the ceiling of the venue alight
A waitress and partygoers holding sparkler-topped champagne bottles as the ceiling catches fire
The owners of Le Constellation in Crans-Montana revealed last week how they viewed Ms Panine as a “stepdaughter” and said she suffocated “in a pile of bodies behind a locked door”.
The owners, Jacques and Jessica Moretti, were able to identify the 24-year-old during photos taken during the blaze, according to local media.
They said Ms Panine’s last moments alive reflected the nature of the tragedy.
Ms Moretti had asked her employee to “get the atmosphere going” at the bar, located in an Alpine ski resort, in the early hours of Jan 1, according to her interview with Swiss investigators.
Waitresses put sparklers in champagne bottles, with some lifted up onto the shoulders of waiters, who then paraded their colleagues around the room.
The pyrotechnics lit the soundproofing foam in the ceiling, sparking the blaze which killed dozens and injured 116 others.
Mr Moretti, 49, said he broke open the door to the basement from the outside, where he found Ms Panine dying, surrounded by a “pile of bodies”.
On Friday, he told the Valais public prosecutor’s office he only realised that the bar’s “service door” was “locked from the inside and on a latch” after the blaze.
The moment the ceiling of the Swiss bar was set ablaze
Mr Moretti is in custody, while his wife was bailed with an electronic tag. They are awaiting a possible trial on a number of charges including manslaughter and causing bodily harm by negligence.
He said that Ms Panine was the girlfriend of a close family friend, who he and his wife “raised as if he were my own”.
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