“According to preliminary information, one person died, another victim was pulled out by eyewitnesses and lowered down (below the waterfall), four people were left under the rubble,” RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the department.
Investigative Committee began checking on the fact of emergency.
As a representative of the Ministry of Tourism of the Kamchatka Territory told TASS, the victims were part of a group of organized tourists of eight people, including a guide.
“According to our information, one of the tourists was killed and one was injured.
Fortunately, there were several employees of the rescue center near the scene, they helped the victims to get out, ”he said.
According to the Ministry of Tourism of the region, as a result of the incident, a child was injured, he is in serious condition.
Earlier it was reported that ice fell on the Vilyuchinsky waterfall in the Kamchatka Territory, people are under the rubble.