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Mountain station at Les Diablerets: Helicopter on firefighting mission
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LAURENT GILLIERON / EPO
A fire at the mountain station of a Swiss glacier cable car triggered a fire brigade operation at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
As the police of the French-speaking canton of Vaud announced, the mountain restaurant Botta de Glacier 3000 and other parts of the building were on fire on Monday.
Since the mountain station at Les Diablerets could only be reached by air, several helicopters had to go up to extinguish the fire.
The emergency services were alerted early in the morning.
Apparently there were no staff in the mountain station and there were no injuries, the police said.
The public prosecutor's office has therefore initiated proceedings to determine the cause of the fire.
wit/dpa