Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announces that 4 people died after an avalanche that occurred this Sunday at the Armancette glacier. Research is still ongoing.
At least four people are dead and several others are injured, after an avalanche occurred this Sunday in the middle of the day at the Armancette glacier, in Haute-Savoie, announced the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin on Twitter.
“An avalanche occurred in the middle of the day at the Armancette glacier, in the Alps. The provisional report shows 4 people dead and several injured,” he said.
The minister says he has a “thought for the victims and their loved ones” and thanks the emergency services for their action.
Rescue on site
According to the local newspaper The Liberated Dauphine, the alert was given at 11:27 this Sunday. The avalanche took place in Les Contamines-Montjoie on the Armancette glacier in the Alps.
According to the prosecutor, the provisional report shows 4 dead, one injured and 8 people who emerged unscathed from the accident. The exact circumstances of the tragedy have yet to be determined. “It will be up to the judicial inquiry to determine them,” he said.
Two helicopters are mobilized to participate in the rescue operation. Gérald Darmanin specifies that the emergency services are still on site in the middle of the day to carry out the search.
