The breakdown during overwhelming precipitation happened early Saturday close to the town of Shchetinkino, in the Krasnoyarsk.
A view shows the scene of the accident following a dam failure at a gold mine in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia October 19, 2019. Russian Emergencies Ministry in Krasnoyarsk Region/Handout via REUTERS
Water flooded two worker’s quarters after a dam at a Siberian gold mine collapsed.
Fifteen people groups are accounted for dead by the Russian crisis authorities.
The incident happened on Saturday near the village of Shchetinkino, Moscow, Russia. The reports says that the dam was not registered.
Russian Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal examination on potential charges of infringement of working environment security guidelines.
President Vladimir Putin asked to take every vital measure to be taken to help those influenced, to investigate the reason for the disaster, and counteract any effect on a close-by neighborhood.
