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Tirol: Death at Avalanche Descent on Closed Ski Route
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A 71-year-old was buried in Fiss and could not be reanimated.
The tense avalanche situation in Tyrol got worse on Wednesday. In Fiss, a 71-year-old was fatally injured, in Navis, a 44-year-old died in an avalanche. In Kirchberg, a winter sportsman was critically injured. A man was also killed in Vorarlberg.
The avalanches on Wednesday demanded two more lives. At around 11 o'clock three winter sportsmen (Dutch) were caught by the snow masses near the ski area of the Fisser mountain railways and buried – one of them partially. We reported: Avalanche drama in Tyrol: Two winter sportsmen were reanimated. The partially buried alpinist was able to free himself and dig up a comrade. However, for a 71-year-old, every help came too late. "The 71-year-old, h…
KITZB HEL / LANDECK / NAVIS. At an avalanche descent on a closed ski route in Fiss in the Tiroler Bezirk Landeck on Wednesday morning, a 71-year-old winter sportsman was covered and injured.
In the ski area of the Fisser Bergbahnen there was an avalanche descent on Wednesday morning. The blocked ski route "Adlerroute" was affected on the north side in the local area of Fiss. According to first information three spilled persons are suspected. One affected person could already be saved alive, the search for further persons runs at full speed. Update (20:40): Further details are now known about the avalanche accident in the Fiss ski ar…
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