“Yes, at this moment contractors worked in the building, they were doing redecorating. It’s still hard to talk about causes (collapse. - RT), ”Interfax quoted his words.

He noted that all who were in the building of the university had time to leave it before the collapse.

“We have classes on Saturdays. At this moment there were classes. When they heard the crash, they began to take everyone out of the building: employees, teachers, students. We have worked it out. They took everyone out, ”Vasiliev said.

February 16 in the building of the university collapse of floors occurred, no one died. It was a criminal case.

The head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Yevgeny Zinichev, flew to the place of emergency.