Four killed in avalanche in the French Alps

Four people have died and nine others have been injured on Sunday (local time) in an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, reported DW News.

The avalanche occurred in the middle of the day on the Armancette glacier, he wrote on Twitter.

The four caught in the avalanche were backcountry skiing in the mountains and have not been identified yet, reported DW News.

The incident happened in the middle of the day at the Armancette glacier, at an altitude of around 3,500 meters (11,500 feet). The glacier is located in the Haute-Savoie region, some 30 kilometres (almost 20 miles) southwest of Chamonix.

Chamonix, the small town at the base of Mont Blanc, is a prime vacation spot over France’s long Easter weekend.