Swiss bar owner faces prosecutors for second hearing after deadly New Year's fire

Jacques and Jessica Moretti, the couple who ran the Swiss bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana which burst into flames during a New Year's Eve party, arrive for questioning at the Public Ministry of the Canton of Valais in Sion in southwestern Switzerland. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The ‌owner of a Swiss bar that caught fire ‌on New Year's Day, killing 40 people, appeared ‌before prosecutors on Tuesday for a second set of hearings in the criminal investigation, according to a lawyer present.

The French couple, Jacques and ‍Jessica Moretti, are suspected of crimes ‍including negligent homicide.