Helmet-wearing waitress who has been blamed for igniting fire at Swiss bar ‘was locked in a bitter employment row with owners’
The waitress blamed for igniting the deadly New Year fire in a Swiss bar was involved in a bitter employment dispute with its owners and was by no means their friend, her family have revealed.
Cyane Panine, a 24-year-old French woman, died in the inferno at Le Constellation, in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, after she was filmed holding two champagne bottles fitted with sparklers while sitting on a colleague’s shoulders.
The pyrotechnics are said to have set fire to foam used for soundproofing in the basement ceiling, leading to the deaths of 40 people and seeing 116 others horrifically burned.
