9 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Four people have died and several more have been injured in an avalanche that occurred this Sunday on the Armancette glacier, in the French Alps, as reported by the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin.
The avalanche occurred around noon this Sunday for causes that are still being investigated on the Armancette glacier, in Haute-Savoie, Darmanin has indicated on Twitter. Two helicopters and more than 20 rescuers have been mobilized in the search work.
The Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed four dead, one injured and eight people who escaped unharmed from the event and continue to search for possible survivors. The exact circumstances have not yet been clarified. “It will be up to the judicial investigation to determine them,” the Prosecutor’s Office has indicated.
The local newspaper ‘Le Dauphiné Libéré’ has reported that the first alert was given around 11:27 on Sunday in the municipality of Les Contamines-Montjoie, on the Armancette glacier, when a large avalanche 500 meters wide and more than 1,500 meters deep unevenness devastated the area, usually very crowded.
