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13 people die in dam failure at Siberian gold mine: ministry
MOSCOW, Oct 19, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Thirteen people were killed as a result of
a dam failure at a gold mine in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk early
Saturday, the Russian emergencies ministry said.
“As of now, there’s information about 13 dead,” the ministry said in a
statement. Investigators said separately 14 workers were hospitalised.
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