At least two dead in helicopter crash near Nice

The crash killed at least two people.

A helicopter from a private Monegasque company crashed this Friday around 2 p.m. in a quarry between Eze and Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes), killing its occupants, learned

from the Departmental Fire Service and relief (Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes, confirming information from

.

According to the local daily, the aircraft came from Lausanne, Switzerland, and was heading for Monaco with, on board, the pilot and at least one passenger of Russian nationality.

Currently, 53 firefighters are on site where there is "no risk of fire spreading to vegetation", indicates Sdis 06.

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