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Fire hits luxury hotel in French Alps, no injuries but scores evacuated
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 28, 2026
2 min readLast updated: January 28, 2026
Quick Summary
A fire at Hotel des Grandes Alpes in Courchevel led to the evacuation of 270 people. No injuries were reported, and safety measures are being reviewed.
Fire Breaks Out at Luxury Hotel in French Alps, Guests Evacuated
Fire Incident at Hotel des Grandes Alpes
PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scores of people were evacuated after a fire swept through a five-star hotel in the upmarket ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps late on Tuesday, officials said.
Details of the Evacuation
No one was injured in the blaze which started in the attic of the Hotel des Grandes Alpes at around 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Tuesday. It was still burning and belching thick clouds of smoke late on Wednesday morning, the Prefecture of Savoie region, where Courchevel is located, said on its website.
Firefighter Response and Safety Measures
Officials said over 90 people were evacuated from the hotel last night, while the nearby Hotel Le Lana, which has nearly 200 guests, was also being evacuated on Wednesday morning due to risk as the fire was still ongoing. Staff and guests took refuge in other hotels, the local government said, while 131 firefighters have been deployed.
Investigation into Cause of Fire
"They are working in very difficult conditions," Vanina Nicoli, the prefect of Savoie, told reporters. Four of them were harmed by the smoke, she said.
Firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings so far and no further evacuations were planned at this stage, Nicoli said.
The Gendarmerie was looking into what caused the fire.
Safety measures are under scrutiny in the region after a blaze in a bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve killed 40 people and injured more than 100, many of them teenagers.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Tomasz Janowski)
Key Takeaways
- •A fire broke out at Hotel des Grandes Alpes in Courchevel.
- •Approximately 270 people were evacuated safely.
- •The fire started in the attic and spread to a nearby building.
- •No injuries were reported during the evacuation.
- •Safety measures in the region are under scrutiny.
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