Two Dead, 14 Hurt In French Ski Resort Fire
Fakhir Rizvi Published January 20, 2019 | 04:12 PM
Lyon, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jan, 2019 ) :Two people died Sunday and 14 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 bodies in a burnt-out area of the building.
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.
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