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| Almost two days after up to 30 people were feared dead when an avalanche hit a hotel in Italy, six people were discovered alive under the snow. | |
| Rescuers are now working to recover the survivors from snow, fire brigade spokesman Luca Cari said, as cited by Reuters. | |
| “They are alive and we are talking to them,” he told the agency by phone. | |
| In a conflicting report, AP cited a local policeman talking from the scene by radio, who put the number of survivors at five, adding that choppers had been requested for the rescue operation. | |
| Up to 30 people were declared missing on Wednesday afternoon, and were feared dead for many hours. | |
| As of now, two of the victims’ bodies have been found, and two others have been located, according to local media. | |
| The avalanche, which was triggered by a string of earthquakes, struck the base of the Gran Sasso mountain range near the Rigopiano di Farindola hotel. There were about 20 guests and seven staff members at hotel at the time of the disaster. |