"Infernal funnel" intimidated by the MOE in Primorye

In Artem continue the search for sunken into the earth major. While MOE prohibit divers to dive in the crater the result of the threat and rescue operations.

In the town of Artyom, Primorsky Krai, the search continues for the failed underground 55-year-old major General Anatoly Usoltseva. Currently, the MOE staff are not allowed divers in pit mine, because it's very dangerous.

"Draining the barrel of the pit continues. Experts of the Ministry of emergency situations expect in the foreseeable future to build a dedicated frame. It will drop inside the pit, in order to protect the work of rescuers from possible landslides soil", - told Life News employee of the press service of EMERCOM of Russia for the Primorsky Krai Michael Ismatov.

While rescue workers continue to pump water from the mine shaft to the depth of 15 meters. Besides all this, the MOE staff translated the diameter of the funnel up to 7 meters, in order to avoid a collapse of the edges of the pit. Thanks to the work managed to get down to the maximum depth of the bucket with one of the rescuers. He examined the pit, but the man is not found: I hope that his body was taken undertow.

As we were informed Days.Roux, inhabitant of the Amur region disappeared after fell to the ground in front of their buildings. It was the victim Anatoly Usoltsev, who has previously served in the native police of the metropolis. Service representative of the stronger sex have left with the rank of major. The residents of the building, near which the collapse happened, categorically refused to evacuate. With them after the incident worked specialists in psychology.

sections: Accidents, Region News