Alicia and Diana Gunst, aged 15 and 14, and Charlotte Niddam, 15, were named among the victims of the deadly Swiss ski resort fire.
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Fifteen-year-old Israeli citizen Charlotte Niddam’s remains were located and identified following the New Year’s Eve fire at a Swiss ski resort, ZAKA confirmed on Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, Swiss Jewish teen sisters Alicia and Diana Gunst were identified among the dead.
Alicia, aged 15, and Diana, aged 14, are the youngest of the confirmed fatalities from the Crans-Montana disaster, which killed at least 47.
The sisters are members of an Italian-Jewish family and members of the Jewish community in Laussane, Switzerland.
It has not been confirmed if the two sisters also held Israeli citizenship, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN News noted.
Niddam, who has also lived in Britain and France, until recently, lived in Bushey, just outside London, and studied at the private Jewish secondary school Immanuel College.
“We urgently ask our school community to come together to support Charlotte Niddam,” the school said in a press statement. “The families have 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, and want the families to feel the full strength of the support of the Immanuel College community.”
As far as it is known, Niddam had been staying in the area of the ski resort, where she worked as a babysitter, offering her services through the resort’s website.
What happened during the Swiss disaster on New Year’s Eve?
The fire broke out at around 1:30 a.m., apparently after sparks from fireworks attached to champagne bottles ignited the wooden ceiling of the bar. The fire spread rapidly and caused panic and congestion at the exits, leading to a large number of casualties.
Swiss authorities confirmed on Saturday that a criminal investigation has been opened against the bar’s managers. The two managers are suspected of causing death by negligence, bodily harm by negligence, and causing a fire by negligence, police said in a statement.
Earlier on Saturday, Swiss police said they successfully identified four bodies, releasing them for burial.
These were identified as two Swiss women, aged 21 and 16, and two Swiss men, aged 18 and 16.
Further, Italian golfer Emanuele Galfini perished in the disaster, reports stated on Friday.
All who were killed in the deadly NYE ski resort fire have been identified, Swiss authorities announced on Sunday evening, according to Reuters.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post