Avalanche kills three jawans in Kupwara

ANI  |  Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] 

Three Army personnel lost their lives while one on Friday after an avalanche hit an Army post in Machil Sector of Jammu and Kashmir's district.

The injured soldiers have been admitted to the hospital.

Earlier on Thursday, the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) issued an avalanche warning in several districts of for next 24 hours.

The SASE issued a medium-danger avalanche warning of level-3 in higher reaches of district and low danger warning of level-2 in Kupwara, Bandipore, Shopian and Kargil districts.

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First Published: Fri, February 02 2018. 20:25 IST