“Today it became known that in the village of Smaznevo there was a snow cover from the roof of the granary, as a result of which eight people were under the rubble.
Search parties have already removed seven people from the rubble.
The search for the eighth is underway.
Four of those taken out from under the snow died, ”TASS quoted the press service of the regional government as saying.
Teams of the Disaster Medicine Center were sent from Barnaul to the village.
Earlier, the Emergencies Ministry warned about the danger of avalanches in 18 regions of Russia.