It is reported by TASS.

According to him, they were erected “below the head of a hydraulic structure”, that is, below a body of water, such as a river adjacent to a dam.

“Consequently, in violation,” he said.

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 preliminary version, the dam collapsed due to “wear of the dam body”.

According to the latest data, 13 people were killed as a result of the incident. A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the deaths.

As noted by the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss, the collapsed dam has not been officially registered anywhere.