Paris [France], December 9 (ANI): Five emergency responders were killed in a helicopter crash during a search and rescue operation in the French Alps, said French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (local time).

CNN quoted Macron as saying in a tweet that one person who was injured in the crash, which took place in the Savoie department, is "fighting for their life."

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While three of the victims were members of the French Air Rescue, two were from the CRS Alps.

Pascal Bolot, a Savoie official, was quoted as saying at a press conference on Tuesday night that the pilot of the crash was being evacuated in "difficult condition."

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Further information is awaited. (ANI)

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