Breakthrough of the dam in the Russian Orsk: the city stopped the refinery, people fight for products (video)

About it on Sunday, April 7, reports the Russian edition "Mediazone". According to the latest data, the number of victims was 99 people. Almost 6300 houses were flooded. The hardest part is in Orsk, where there was a breakthrough of the dam in several places. Evacuation is ongoing in the city. In total, more than 4 thousand people were evacuated. The Orsk administration reported four dead, but emphasized that their death was allegedly not related to great water.

According to the Russian media, at night the water in the Ural River rose to a level of 11 meters, a number of villages were underwater, and light in Orsk disappeared. Telegram-channel "Ostrozno, News" reports that there is a shortage of drinking water in stores in the city and people are "fighting for products". "Such a hype in shops, people buy everything, cereals. We need to be a little more human to keep everyone. Because they fight for products.

There is no water at all, even half a liter," says local blogger Rustam Uzalin. Governor Denis Pasler stated that Orsk "accepted the main, the first blow of the element", but "flooding is recorded throughout the river of the Ural River", including in Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk region. Floods are also expected in the Kurgan region. The peak of the element will occur on April 10. 403 houses were flooded in Orenburg, 889 people were evacuated.

The head of the city Sergey Salmin asked residents of at risk areas, to leave their homes. "We have no longer time for persuasion. Those who refuse to leave the dangerous area voluntarily will evacuate forcibly, with the participation of police officers," he said. In the Russian Federation, a criminal case was initiated for "negligence and violation of the rules of construction" due to the breakthrough of the dam, which was built in 2014.

In Orsk, one of the main oil refineries of Russia and the only refinery in the Orenburg region - "Orsknefteorgsynthesis" was suspended. "In connection with an abnormal flood, to avoid environmental risks and in order to comply with safety related to the safety of work in production, the operation of the Orsk oil refinery is temporarily suspended,"-said in the company in the company in the Telegram channel.

In this case, the timing of the recovery of the production process at the refinery was not specified. The plant is focused on the production of plane. Its capacity is approximately 6. 6 million tons per year. We will remind, on the evening of April 5 on the river Urals in Orsk the dam broke. The cause of the breakthrough was called a sharp increase in water level. The city began to evacuate. On April 6, the dam raged for the second time.