Firefighters were quick to evacuate affected guests, who at that point numbered only 40. All affected guests were rehoused in a nearby congress hall for the night. Up to 40 firefighters had to be deployed to put out the flames and sources close to the investigation say the fires weren’t completely under control by Wednesday mid-morning. The fires and ensuing evacuation took place during half-term school holidays in France, a period of high occupancy in the popular ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley, in France's Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The news comes just weeks after another fire at the nearby ski resort of Courchevel killed two and left 25 people injured.

Source: The Local February 20, 2019 11:03 UTC