A teenager educated in Britain is among those missing after a deadly fire in a Swiss ski resort.<\/p>\n
Charlotte Niddam, 15, lived in Bushey, Hertfordshire<\/a>, until recently and attended Immanuel college, a private Jewish secondary school in the town. The school issued a statement on Friday saying it was \u201cpraying for a miracle for Charlotte\u201d.<\/p>\n It is understood her family have not heard from her since disaster unfolded in a crowded bar in Crans-Montana in the early hours of New Year\u2019s Day. Many of those celebrating at Le Constellation bar when the fire took hold were teenagers.<\/p>\n Swiss authorities said on Friday that 40 people had died and more than 100 had been injured. Some casualties have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n The Niddam family sold their British home in March. Charlotte\u2019s former school confirmed they had moved back to their native France.<\/p>\n A memorial near Le Constellation bar on Friday. Photograph: Denis Balibouse\/Reuters<\/p>\n Charlotte appears to have regularly spent time in Crans-Montana, which is about 62 miles from the French border. She has advertised her services as a babysitter on the ski resort\u2019s website, saying she is often in the town and able to work at weekends and during school holidays.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Immanuel college said: \u201cWe are reaching out with an urgent request for our school community to come together in support of Charlotte Niddam.<\/p>\n \u201cCharlotte was a student at Immanuel college, and her family have now moved back to France.<\/p>\n \u201cThe families have asked that we all keep them in our thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time.<\/p>\n \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiss authorities said on Friday that the fire was likely to have been started when fountain sparklers mounted on champagne bottles set the ceiling alight<\/a> about 1.30am local time on Thursday.<\/p>\n