“An emergency mode has been declared in the district,” the agency told RIA Novosti.

On October 19, in the vicinity of the village of Shchetinkino, Kuraginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory on the Seiba River, the dam of the technological reservoir of the gold mining artel was destroyed.

According to the latest data, 15 people were killed, 13 are considered missing. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case in connection with the deaths.

As noted by the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss, the dam that has fallen in the region is not registered.