Dozens of people have been injured in a ski lift accident at the Spanish resort of Astún, in the Pyrenees mountain range, according to emergency services for Spain's northern Aragon region.
Regional emergency services said 10 people needed to be treated in hospitals, including two who were seriously injured.
State TV channel TVE reported that about 80 people were trapped on the chairlifts in the immediate aftermath.
Dozens of rescue workers were sent to the scene in the Pyrenees mountain range. (Reuters: Huesca provincial government)
"It's like a cable has come off, the chairs have bounced and people have been thrown off," one witness told TVE.
Fernando Beltrán, a representative of Spain's government in Aragon, later posted on X that "all the skiers affected by the accident" have been evacuated and those who were injured were receiving medical treatment.
Firefighters rescued skiers stranded above the slopes. (Reuters: Huesca provincial government)
The cause of the incident is unknown.
Several helicopters were deployed to the area to rescue those trapped and transfer the injured to nearby hospitals.
Social media images and video appeared to show a number of people lying on the snow beneath the ski lift.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he was "shocked" by the news of the accident.
The ski resort said on X that it was "working with emergency services" and that its management expressed "consternation and support for those affected" by the incident.
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