Dozens of people were evacuated after a fire hit a five-star hotel in the ski resort of Courchevel, in the French Alps, on Tuesday night (27), authorities said.
No one was injured in the fire that started in the attic of the Hotel des Grandes Alpes at around 7pm (local time), the Savoie region prefecture said on its website.
Authorities said more than 90 people were evacuated from the hotel last night, while the nearby Hotel Le Lana, which has almost 200 guests, was also ordered to evacuate on Wednesday morning due to the risk as the fire had not yet been brought under control.
Employees and guests took refuge in other hotels, the local administration said.
Around 131 firefighters were mobilized, according to the statement.
Security measures have come under scrutiny in the region following an attack in Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve that killed 40 people and injured more than 100, many of them teenagers.
