A fire has ravaged a luxury five-star hotels in a celebrity French Alpine resort where Prince William took his family on holiday, forcing terrified guests to be evacuated. A blaze started in the attic of the £11,000-a-night Grandes Alpes, in Courchevel 1850, at around 7pm on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, local emergency services were still battling the flames, as they spread to nearby wooden buildings including the neighbouring Le Denali restaurant. “Around 100 people have been evacuated from the Grandes Alpes hotel, and some 60 firefighters are still involved in trying to put out the fire,” said an emergency services spokesman. He said that “some 200 people” had also been moved out of the five-star Lana Hotel next door “as a precaution”. All those evacuated were staying in a municipal hall nearby, and investigators tried to work out what had called the blaze. There were no serious casualties reported on Wednesday morning, beyond minor injuries to those fighting the fire.
Published: January 28, 2026 1:04 pm
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