Two people have been confirmed dead, with a third one unaccounted for and presumed dead, in a fire that devoured a two-storey hostel in Äkäslompolo, Kolari, early on Tuesday, the Finnish public broadcasting company reports.
Police, border guards and volunteers searched for them using snowmobiles, rescue dogs and a helicopter, but the pair were found buried close to one another.
A mother and her child have died after being caught in an avalanche in northern Finland, after temperatures dropped to -20C and the wind blew their skis away, police have said.
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