Injured Pulled From Swiss Avalanche, Rescue Work Continues: Police

Injured Pulled From Swiss Avalanche, Rescue Work Continues: Police
The site of an avalanche is pictured in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Feb. 19, 2019. Police Cantonale Valaisanne/Handout via Reuters
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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland—A major avalanche buried skiers on a busy slope of the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana on Feb. 19, 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.