Road for stuck in snow trucks cleared in Kamchatka
In Kamchatka the road from the settlement "Nadezhda" to mountain pass near the volcano Vilyuchinsky has been cleared.
The column of heavy trucks got stuck there on January 19, 70 km from the region centre. 18 people in the trucks stayed without food for 4 days. On January 24 a rescue team delivered them food.
At the present time the weather in the area of the pass has become normal, however high avalanche risk is still preserved. At the present time the works on clearing the road at Vilyuchinsky pass are being carried out. At the moment the column of trucks has started the movement to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski.
The trucks started their way from the ore mining and processing enterprise "Asachi" to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, accompanied with a bulldozer, on January 17, despite the storm warning. They had to pass over 100 km, about 60 of which go through no roads area. The trucks lost their way in snowstorm near the volcano Gorely.
Yelyzovsky district Prosecutor`s Office has started investigation on the incident. The managers who made the decision to send the column to go through snowstorm and no roads, may be threatened with liability for dereliction of duty and the Rules of labor protection violation.
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