The head of the Amur region, Vasily Orlov, took control of the emergency with a collapse at the Pioneer mine. “I have the situation under control.
All forces have been mobilized to save people,” the message says. Earlier, a collapse occurred at an underground work site at a mine at a hydrometallurgical plant, and contact with 13 miners was lost. Later, a helicopter flew to the Amuur region to help people at the mine.