Sad story, but...
At least 15 people are dead and seven more are missing after a damn gave way flooding dormitories at a small Siberian gold mine in Russia. The Associated Press reports that the deadly accident took place early Saturday morning near the village of Shchetinkino in the Krasnoyarsk region. “The hydro-technical structure was built in a makeshift way, as I surmise, in violation of all conceivable and inconceivable standards,” Yuri Lapshin, chairman of the Krasnoyarsk regional government told a Russian media outlet. A criminal investigation has been opened into the cause of the damn accident. (our emphasis)
(The Associated Press report this was based on spelled "dam" correctly, but the Daily Beast "corrected" the damn thing.)
