A blaze which engulfed a wooden building in the French ski resort of Courchevel killed two people and injured 25.
The fire spread rapidly after breaking out on an upper floor of the building, housing nearly 60 resort workers – many of them foreigners – shortly after 4.30am on Sunday morning, forcing several to jump from windows.
Three of the four seriously injured victims were taken by helicopter to hospital. The bodies of the two killed were found by firefighters in the burned-out building. They have yet to be identified.
The three-storey former hotel was at Courchevel 1850, the highest hamlet in the French alpine ski station.
A total of 130 fire officers were called to the scene and were still trying to put out the final flames five hours later, according to local reports.
An investigation has been started into the cause of the fire.