The Foreign Office does not say whether the two climbers are dead or injured. At least six people died in the glacier fall, and there are said to be almost 20 missing.
After the fatal glacier fall in northern Italy, the Federal Foreign Office assumes that Germans are involved in the accident. According to the current status, there are two people, said a spokeswoman for the German Press Agency. The Foreign Office did not provide any further information. The honorary consul in Bolzano and the German embassy in Rome are in constant contact with the Italian authorities, it said.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to arrive near the scene of the accident around noon, his office said. In the municipality of Canazei, where the authorities have set up a situation center, he wants to find out about the situation together with the head of civil protection.
On Sunday, ice, snow and rocks broke off on Marmolada mountain in the Dolomites and buried several climbers. At least six people died and eight others were injured, some seriously, according to the Veneto region rescue control center. According to the Italian news agency Ansa, almost 20 people were missing on Monday.
A large chunk of glacier had detached itself from the mountain massif and had fallen down into the valley. The normal ascent path was also hit, on which several rope teams were currently; two of them were hit. The high temperatures of the past may have played a role in the cause of the accident.