MOSCOW, Oct 23 (NNN-TASS) – A safe containing 18 kg of gold was found, at the site of a dam collapse, in the Krasnoyarsk Region, in Russia’s Siberia, a source in law enforcement agencies said.
“There are 18 kg of gold in total in the safe, discovered by Russian Emergencies Ministry rescuers,” the source said.
According to the interlocutor, the safe was stored in one of the buildings, destroyed by water flow. Overall, two temporary dormitories and three other facilities were washed away.
Spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, said that, the locked metal safe had been found following drainage works. The contents of the safe were seized and viewed as criminal case materials.
The investigation plans to file a request, to seize the gold to pay compensations, in possible legal cases brought by those affected by the dam collapse.
A dam collapsed on the Seiba River at about 2 a.m. local time on Saturday, flooding the cabins of an artisan mining camp, in a remote area of the Krasnoyarsk Region in eastern Siberia. Two dormitories where miners lived were swept away by the flood waters. According to latest reports, 17 people have been killed and three more are still missing.
At least 26 people sought medical aid after the incident; four of them were flown to the regional capital of Krasnoyarsk by a helicopter.– NNN-TASS