٠٠:٠١:٢٤Rescuers continued to evacuate residents from flooded areas of Southern Urals following a dam breach in the Orenburg region.
Footage taken on Monday shows Russian emergency personnel transporting people on inflatable boats and carrying an injured woman to an ambulance.
Daria, a relative, said that the woman did not want to leave her home.
"We told [relatives] from the beginning, from the first day, they did not want [to leave]. They said everything was fine, everything would be alright, it (the water) would not reach the first floor. In the end, they were told last night that they needed to leave urgently," Daria shared, adding: "The ground floor is completely flooded."
The local Orsk administration reported the breach of the protective dam in the Old Town area late on Friday, April 5, triggering widespread flooding, with over 4,000 homes and over 10,000 people affected.
On Saturday, Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa said another section of the dam near Borisoglebsky Street in Nickel had been breached, resulting in 'water rushing into the city', and urged residents to leave their homes as soon as possible.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM), 3,900 residential houses and 8,700 plots remain flooded at time of publication. More than 6,100 people were evacuated, with 1,213 placed in temporary accommodation centres.
EMERCOM Head Alexander Kurenkov reportedly arrived in the Orenburg region, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to personally monitor the situation, while more than 700 specialists from different regions, 160 units of equipment and 70 boats were working in the area.
The Russian Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe related to both 'violation of safety rules during construction work' and 'negligence'.
'Ground floor is completely flooded' - Evacuation continues in Russia's Southern Urals following dam breach
Rescuers continued to evacuate residents from flooded areas of Southern Urals following a dam breach in the Orenburg region.
Footage taken on Monday shows Russian emergency personnel transporting people on inflatable boats and carrying an injured woman to an ambulance.
Daria, a relative, said that the woman did not want to leave her home.
"We told [relatives] from the beginning, from the first day, they did not want [to leave]. They said everything was fine, everything would be alright, it (the water) would not reach the first floor. In the end, they were told last night that they needed to leave urgently," Daria shared, adding: "The ground floor is completely flooded."
The local Orsk administration reported the breach of the protective dam in the Old Town area late on Friday, April 5, triggering widespread flooding, with over 4,000 homes and over 10,000 people affected.
On Saturday, Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa said another section of the dam near Borisoglebsky Street in Nickel had been breached, resulting in 'water rushing into the city', and urged residents to leave their homes as soon as possible.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM), 3,900 residential houses and 8,700 plots remain flooded at time of publication. More than 6,100 people were evacuated, with 1,213 placed in temporary accommodation centres.
EMERCOM Head Alexander Kurenkov reportedly arrived in the Orenburg region, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to personally monitor the situation, while more than 700 specialists from different regions, 160 units of equipment and 70 boats were working in the area.
The Russian Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe related to both 'violation of safety rules during construction work' and 'negligence'.
Rescuers continued to evacuate residents from flooded areas of Southern Urals following a dam breach in the Orenburg region.
Footage taken on Monday shows Russian emergency personnel transporting people on inflatable boats and carrying an injured woman to an ambulance.
Daria, a relative, said that the woman did not want to leave her home.
"We told [relatives] from the beginning, from the first day, they did not want [to leave]. They said everything was fine, everything would be alright, it (the water) would not reach the first floor. In the end, they were told last night that they needed to leave urgently," Daria shared, adding: "The ground floor is completely flooded."
The local Orsk administration reported the breach of the protective dam in the Old Town area late on Friday, April 5, triggering widespread flooding, with over 4,000 homes and over 10,000 people affected.
On Saturday, Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa said another section of the dam near Borisoglebsky Street in Nickel had been breached, resulting in 'water rushing into the city', and urged residents to leave their homes as soon as possible.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM), 3,900 residential houses and 8,700 plots remain flooded at time of publication. More than 6,100 people were evacuated, with 1,213 placed in temporary accommodation centres.
EMERCOM Head Alexander Kurenkov reportedly arrived in the Orenburg region, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to personally monitor the situation, while more than 700 specialists from different regions, 160 units of equipment and 70 boats were working in the area.
The Russian Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe related to both 'violation of safety rules during construction work' and 'negligence'.