The Mont Blanc massif has been on France’s list of proposed UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000 (archive photo)
From BZ/dpa
At least four people have died in an avalanche in the French Alps near Chamonix.
According to initial findings, several people were also injured, wrote France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Twitter on Sunday afternoon.
According to Darmanin, the avalanche fell around noon on the Armancette glacier near Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border.
The Mont Blanc (also written Mont Blanc, Italian Monte Bianco, in German “White Mountain”) is the highest mountain in the Alps
Darmanin thanked the rescue workers. He commemorates the victims and their families.