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Two dead, 22 hurt in French ski resort fire
LYON, Jan 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two people died Sunday and 22 more were
injured, four seriously, in a major fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in
the French Alps, officials said.
The pre-dawn blaze forced the evacuation of some 60 resort workers,
including foreigners, from a three-storey accommodation building.
Firemen found the two unidentified bodies in a burnt-out area of the
building in the upmarket Courchevel 1850 ski station.
Three of the four badly injured were flown to hospital by helicopter, the
local officials said.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known but around 70 firemen had
brought it under control by day-break.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner tweeted condolences to the families
and friends of the dead and paid tribute to the firemen who tackled the
blaze.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1624 hrs