The head of Ministry of Emergency Situations on the littoral was killed during a rescue operation – Kommersant

Head of the Main Directorate of MOE in the Primorsky Territory Oleg Fedyura drowned in the relief operations Chuguevsky residents of areas affected by the typhoon Layonrok. Arrived in the region Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov declared a state of emergency at the federal level. Meanwhile, to the coast of Primorye fit once the typhoon, which is called Namteun.

Colonel Fedyura, according to a source in the Ministry of Emergency Measures on the littoral, this morning led a team of rescuers I intended to come to the village cleaned Chuguevsky area. This municipality is one of the most affected by the typhoon Layonrok. In the area of ​​the village of Pavlovka, who was in the cockpit of KamAZ-4310 Oleg Fedyura apparently gave way to reduce the team to bypass the bridge across the flooded river. However, the water flow was so powerful that the truck overturned and carried downstream. Almost completely submerged KamAZ stopped coming across the bridge over the river Pavlovka. Eight were in the car MOE staff managed to escape, 45-year-old Oleg Fedyura drowned. “Head of central board perished to the last to save the entire staff, but he was not able to get out”, – stated in the official Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. TFR Primorye opened a criminal case on grounds of crime under Part. 1, Art. 109 of the Criminal Code (causing death by negligence).

 

Head of the Main Department of EMERCOM of Russia for the Primorye Territory Oleg Fedyura

 

Photo: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Press Service of the Primorsky Territory

 

Oleg Fedyura was appointed head of EMERCOM of Russia for the Primorye Territory on November 5 last year. Prior to that, he spent five years as the deputy head of the chief of the Southern Regional Center EMERCOM of Russia.

Typhoon Layonrok hit Primorye 31 August. As a result, lengthy showers the morning of September 2 in the province flooded 2.5 thousand. And more than 500 houses adjoining areas, damaged 23 sections of road length of almost 27 km, destroyed nine bridges. Remain cut off 17 communities in six districts of the region, there is no connection with the 11 localities in four municipalities. Without the light are still 12 settlements residents of Primorsky Krai. According to the MOE report, to eliminate the consequences of the typhoon involved 14,487 people and 403 pieces of equipment, 78 boats, 10 aircraft units

Chuguev district -. One of the most affected by the disaster. 1 September due to the break of a dam in the area podtopilo houses and farmsteads in the villages and Koksharovka Sokolovka. Residents of these settlements urgently evacuated to a place of temporary stay.

arrived in Primorye Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov flew by helicopter to the village of cleaning, where he said the introduction of a state of emergency at the federal level the province. Simultaneously Primorsk Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring warned about approaching the edge of a new cyclone. “In the morning and in the afternoon on September 4, night and day, September 5 at the edge of the southern half of the seats are expected heavy rain to the number of 15-40 mm in 12 hours or less. The evening of September 5 at night and during the day on September 6 in the eastern half of the edge of the expected strong, sometimes very heavy rainfall with the amount of more than 50 mm in 12 hours or less in the rest of moderate and heavy rains, “- said the agency. For weather forecasts on the rivers edge, the formation of a second wave of flood flooding floodplain.

Alexei Chernyshev, Vladivostok