“As of 06:00 Moscow time on Friday (October 25. - RT ) 15 dead were buried, including four over the past day,” he said.

Earlier it was reported that nine victims of emergency in the Krasnoyarsk Territory remain in hospitals.

In connection with the incident, a criminal case was opened, the head of the mining section, the master of the gold mining artel and the general director of Sisim LLC were arrested.

The breakthrough of the dams of the technological reservoir of the gold mining cooperative took place on October 19 in the Kuraginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.