An armed man has holed up at a hotel in southern France, with police blocking a perimeter of 250 meters around the building. The motives of the man are as yet unknown.

Police, along with emergency services, are currently at the scene near the Formule 1 hotel in the commune of Bollene, Provence.

"A deranged man is holed up in the Formule 1 hotel," a police spokeswoman told Reuters.

The man seems to be armed with a knife and may have an explosive device, a local gendarme officer told Reuters.

The hotel has been evacuated, La Dauphine media outlet reported.

(RT)