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Wet Snow Triggers Fatal Roof Collapses in Krasnodar Krai

Authorities deployed emergency crews, opening a school shelter for displaced residents.

Overview

  • A private house on Festivalny Lane in Belorechensk collapsed under the weight of wet snow, killing a 22-year-old woman.
  • Another person from the same incident was hospitalized at the Central District Hospital.
  • In the settlement of Stepnoy, the roof of a two-story apartment building on Shkolnaya Street failed with no injuries reported.
  • Twenty residents from the apartment building were relocated to a temporary shelter at School No. 36.
  • The regional operational headquarters reported 32 responders and 11 units of equipment working on the response, as carried by RIA Novosti on December 31.