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A dam collapsed at a gold mine in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region, leaving at least 15 people dead, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on its website.
The collapse happened at about 2 am Moscow time near one of the small local gold mining companies’ operations, the ministry said. Another 13 people are still missing as emergency services continue rescue work.
The water damaged temporary shelters where miners were sleeping, the Moscow-based news agency Interfax reported, citing unidentified local officials.
As many as 80 people were in the shelters at the time. The dam wasn’t registered with the Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service and
was illegal, the newswire said, citing unidentified
representatives of the watchdog. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the case.
President Vladimir Putin ordered local authorities to provide all the needed help for the victims of the dam collapse.
More stringent checks on mining dam operations came into force in January after a deadly collapse at a Vale SA mine killed at least 249 people in Brazil. That investigation is still ongoing.