It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the department.
“At present, according to confirmed data, 15 people have died, six remain missing,” the source said.
It is clarified that rescuers continue to search at the scene.
On October 19, at 02:00 Moscow time, in the vicinity of the village of Shchetinkino, Kuraginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, on the river Seiba, the dam of the technological reservoir of the gold mining artel was destroyed.
According to the latest data, 15 people died as a result of the emergency, another 13 people were previously considered missing. A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the deaths.
According to available data, the collapsed dam is not officially registered anywhere, and the houses built in the area of this hydraulic engineering structure were erected with violations.
Details of the incident can be found in RT.