Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were killed in the repeated collapse of a house in Balashikha

Alexander Kumanev

«At the moment, 4 rescuers have been extracted from the rubble, they have been handed over to doctors. Unfortunately, when the collapse was repeated, 2 rescuers were killed,» the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

At the time of the repeated collapse, the department's employees carried out emergency rescue operations — two people, according to preliminary information, may be under the rubble. According to the Telegram channel Baza, rescuers found a mother and child under the rubble — during the rescue of the victims, plates collapsed on the emergency workers.

Currently, emergency rescue operations inside the building have been suspended until the completion of the inspection of the building by the diagnostic complex «String».

Before the repeated collapse in the house, seven victims were known, three of whom died. According to Interfax, referring to representatives of emergency services, the death toll has increased to four, the injured to five.