Earlier, rescuers found the body of the child's mother.
MOSCOW, January 9.
/TASS/. Rescuers found a dead child under a mass of snow at a ski base in
Norilsk, volunteer Maxim Inikhov, who is involved in the search operation, told
TASS.
"Yes, they have
just found another body - [it is the body of] a one and a half year old
child," he said.
Thus, as a result of
the avalanche, two people died. Earlier, rescuers found the body of the child's
mother. The search for the boy's father is underway. The eldest son was rescued
from the avalanche and is now in the hospital.
Search and rescue
operations are ongoing, involving more than 200 people, including volunteers.
According to the
Emergencies Ministry, at about 00:30 (8:30 pm Moscow time), the regional
investigating authorities received a message about an avalanche in the area of
Gora Otdelnaya ski resort in Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk region. Four houses were
snowed in. During the search activities, rescuers recovered the body of a
38-year-old woman and a 14-year-old teenager, who was taken to hospital with
serious injuries.
Source: ITAR-TASS
09-01-2021
