18-year-old survivor of Swiss bar fire that killed 40 wakes up from coma weeks after blaze says she can’t escape nightmares

A TEENAGE burn survivor who was in a coma for 18 days after a deadly Swiss bar fire has finally woken up but says she can’t escape the nightmares.

Roze, 18, was rushed to a Belgian hospital after suffering horrific third-degree burns in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, while celebrating New Year’s in a packed Le Constellation bar.

Sparklers from champagne bottles are believed to have caught the light on the ceiling and set off a flash that engulfed the basement.

Tragically, the fatal fire engulfed 40 young people who could not escape in a narrow staircase bottleneck.

After waking up from a medically induced coma, Roze told a Belgian newspaper “Het Laatste Nieuws” he can’t escape the nightmares.

“I’m afraid to fall asleep alone,” she said.

“I’m scared because I know the nightmares will come again.

“Of course I’m glad to be alive. But I also think about the dead very often – and that hurts.”

Roze underwent several operations at the Liège University Hospital and is still recovering under their care.

“At worst, it will be two years before I can use my hands again,” she said.

“Mom and dad have to feed me and give me drink; I can’t even go to the bathroom by myself.”

Roze and her boyfriend Nouran, also 18, arrived at the bar around 1.15am to take photos and videos of the celebrations to use as publicity material, as arranged by Le Constellation owner Jessica Moretti.

Roze began to take pictures of the basement bar, which at the moment was teeming with parties.

Waitresses were encouraged to wear costumes, including hard hats and Guy Fawkes masks to deliver several bottles of champagne to high-paying guests.

The staff had placed sparklers in bottles and one waitress got on the bartender’s shoulders as cheering crowds gathered around.

“I remember turning my head and suddenly seeing fire on the ceiling,” Roze said.

She immediately ran upstairs and repeatedly shouted, “Fire! in search of her Nouran.

Panic broke out as everyone rushed for the exit, and Roze was one of many who fell as people jostled and pushed for safety.

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She managed to escape through a broken window and began to help move the bodies that were blocking the entrance until she finally found her friend Nouran.

“She was terribly injured and in terrible pain,” Roze said.

Roze’s hands were too badly burned to call 911, so she asked a driver on the street to call Nouran’s mother – who then took them both to Sion Hospital.

“I don’t remember anything since then,” Roze said.

Nouran is likely to remain in a coma for at least another two months.

“I haven’t been able to talk to her yet, she has 80 percent burns, we don’t know how she will survive,” said Roze.

The owners of the premises Jacques Moretti (49) and his wife Jessica Moretti (40) are under judicial supervision. and accused the young waitress of starting the fire and blocking the escape route, a leaked police interview reveals.

According to leaked transcripts of the interrogation seen by Le Parisien, French prosecutors repeatedly told prosecutors: “It’s not us, it’s the others.

During about 20 hours of questioning by three prosecutors, the couple allegedly blamed waitress Cyane Panine, 24, who died in the fire.

But her devastated parents, Jerome and Astrid Panine, said she was just following Jessica’s instructions to “get the vibe going”.

“She trusted people without the slightest suspicion. She paid the ultimate price for that with her life,” her mother said.