(L-R) director of Crans-Montana lifts (CMA) Philippe Magistretti, Head of Police du Valais Christian Varone, county councillor Frederic Favre, Director of Organisation Cantonale Valaisanne des Secours (OCVS) Jean-Marc Bellagamba, and prosecutor Catherine Seppey attend a news conference following an avalanche in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Cecile Mantovani
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) - A major avalanche buried skiers on a busy slope of the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana on Tuesday, injuring four people including one whose life is in danger, but there are no known fatalities so far, officials said.
Eight helicopters, 12 dogs and more than 240 police, rescuers and soldiers, worked to find any more people enveloped in the snow as night fell.
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