“At the moment, at the site of the tragedy, the company JSC Maykainzoloto is carrying out engineering and geological work to expand and deepen the side descent, increasing the column track, widening the sides, reducing the angle of the ramp to 15 degrees, as well as to expand the area for rescuers to work with the removal of rock masses. More than 138 thousand tons of soil and rock mass have already been removed. Engineering and geological work is being carried out around the clock,” said the Emergency Situations Department.
On the night of January 4, on the territory of JSC “Maikainzoloto” near the mine of the Maikainsky mine, a bus with four passengers fell into the mine. The preliminary length of the collapse is 150-200 m, width 500 m, depth of the collapse 150 m. A few hours later, emergency services rescuers found the bodies of two dead rescuers in the sand.
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