Four human beings have died and 9 others were injured in an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc withinside the French Alps, indoors minister Gerald Darmanin stated on Sunday.
The avalanche came about withinside the center of the day at the Armancette glacier, he wrote on Twitter.
Those stuck up in it have been backcountry snowboarding withinside the mountains, stated Emmanuel Coquand, spokesperson for the neighborhood government of Haute-Savoie, including that they have been nonetheless confirming the identification of the sufferers. He stated the avalanche turned into extensive, masking a place of 1 km with the aid of using 500 metres (1/2 of a mile with the aid of using 550 yards) at an altitude of 3,500 metres and that its reasons are being investigated.
The glacier lies close to the village and ski inn of Les Contamines-Montjoie.
President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter that rescue offerings have been persevering with to look for similarly casualties and that his mind have been with the sufferers and their families.