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Teenager who studied in UK missing after Swiss bar fire

Teenager who studied in UK missing after Swiss bar fire

People killed after a devastating fire at a Swiss ski resort that killed at least 40 people and injured 119 others are said to include a teenager who went to two schools in the United Kingdom. According to sources, Charlotte Niddam attended Immanuel College in Hertfordshire and the Jewish Free School in north-west London. Charlotte had been a student at the Jewish Free School (JFS), asking for love and prayers for two years before her family returned to France.

She is loved by so many within JFS and is a member of many in our neighborhood,
the organization said.

Immanuel College, a private Jewish school in Hertfordshire, was widely reported in the UK news, that her family had

asked that we all keep them in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
We are all praying for a miracle for Charlotte and the others,the website said.Montana's tourism website also lists her as a babysitter in the resort during school holidays. In the early hours of Thursday, the bar that had been the scene of the fire, Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, was packed with Swiss people and tourists celebrating New Year's Day. According to preliminary inquiries, the most likely cause of the fire was sparklers on champagne bottles being carried
too close to the ceiling. President Guy Parmelin of Switzerland dubbed it
one of the country's worst tragedies. The investigation into the blaze's causes would concentrate on the materials used at the site, the bar's fire protection policies, its capacity, and the number of people inside at the time, according to Valais Attorney General Beatrice Pilloud. According to Swiss authorities, finding the victims of the fire could take days, if not weeks. Officials said 113 of the wounded had been identified, with police still trying to find the other six.

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