{"id":3738,"date":"2026-01-02T20:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:26:59","slug":"former-pupil-at-british-school-among-missing-after-swiss-ski-resort-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=3738","title":{"rendered":"Former pupil at British school among missing after Swiss ski resort fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former student at a British private school in Hertfordshire is missing after the deadly nightclub fire in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Niddam, 15, attended Immanuel College and hasn\u2019t been heard from since the deadly fire.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Charlotte\u2019s former school wrote: \u2018We are reaching out with an urgent request for our school community to come together in support of Charlotte Niddam. Charlotte was a student at Immanuel College, and her family have now moved back to\u00a0France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018The families have asked that we all keep them in our thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are all praying for a miracle for Charlotte and the others, and want the families to feel the full strength of the Immanuel College community\u2019s support.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Sparklers attached to champagne bottles caused the New Year\u2019s Eve fire in\u00a0Switzerland<\/a>, which\u00a0killed at least 40 people<\/a>, an initial investigation has shown.<\/p>\n

Footage from the basement of Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, a winter resort in the Valais region, shows waitresses bringing alcohol bottles with lit sparklers moments before flames engulfed the building.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Beatrice Pilloud told a press conference the prosecution service is \u2018sparing no effort in order to determine the circumstances of this tragic event\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\u2018It would appear that the fire was started from sparkler candles, otherwise known as flares, which were placed on the top of champagne bottles,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The flares were taken too close to the ceiling. This led to what is referred to a flashover incident, where the fire spread very rapidly.\u2019<\/p>\n

Those interviewed include the two French managers of Le Constellation.<\/p>\n

Pilloud added: \u2018We will be able to investigate whether any individuals bear criminal liability for this incident.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018And if this is the case and if these people are alive, all the investigations will be opened for fire by negligence, homicide by negligence and injuries by negligence.\u2019<\/p>\n

Axel Clavier, who escaped the fire by forcing one of the windows open with a table, said there were \u2018waitresses with champagne bottles and sparklers.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Medical staff and airport personnel load a casualty onto a Swiss Air-Ambulance plane at Sion Airport (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 16-year-old, whose friend was killed in the inferno, added: \u2018They got too close to the ceiling, and suddenly it all caught fire.\u2019<\/p>\n

He also told AP that \u2018two or three\u2019 of his friends remain missing hours after the disaster.<\/p>\n

Two women told BFMTV they were inside when they saw a male bartender lifting a female bartender on his shoulders as she held a lit candle, also in a bottle.<\/p>\n

They said the flames quickly spread, collapsing the wooden ceiling, leading to a crowd surge.<\/p>\n

The press conference was also told that Swiss police have identified 113 of the 119 injured in the inferno.<\/p>\n

Some of their nationalities have been determined:<\/p>\n