The owner of the Swiss ski resort bar where 40 people died in a fire on New Year's has been taken into custody.

Owner of Swiss ski bar where 40 people were killed in blaze on New Year's Eve taken into custody

Swiss ski resort bar fire: Jacques Moretti, the owner of the bar where a blaze killed 40 at a New Year's bash, was a known pimp and recruited French girls for a massage parlour in Geneva. Local reports suggest he even served time for the act. 

Swiss bar owner recruited sex workers for 'Hot Rabbit' massage parlour in Geneva

Swiss bar's safety inspection overdue by five years before tragic fire that killed 40, says mayor

Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old were among those who died in the bar blaze on New Year’s Eve that killed 40 people, police said on Sunday. The identification takes the number of people identified who have been killed as a result of the fire to 24, authorities said.

Swiss bar fire: Police identify 16 more victims, many teenagers among the dead

Swiss investigators are scrambling to identify victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a packed alpine nightclub, as evidence points to champagne sparklers sparking the blaze. Nearly 40 people were killed in the blaze.

Did champagne sparklers ignite deadly New Year blaze at Swiss resort? Investigators scramble to identify victims