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SHIMLA: An Army jawan of 7 JAK Rifles was killed and five others feared dead in an avalanche near Shipki La of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. Some ITBP jawans who were patrolling right above them tried to alert the Army jawans about the avalanche, but they had no time to run for safety.Kinnaur deputy commissioner Gopal Chand said there were around 15-16 jawans of Army and ITBP when the avalanche struck. A team of about 150 persons, including Army personnel, is searching for the trapped jawans, along with ITBP and police officials. Six Army personnel were buried under the snow but one was rescued and taken to hospital at Pooh, where he succumbed to injuries, the DC said. The avalanche hit around 11.30am, when the jawans were trying to fix a frozen pipe of water supply to their camp..