Thousands of Russians were left without electricity in the cold

In the village of Yurty Taishet district of the Irkutsk region there was an emergency power outage. This is reported on the website of the EMERCOM in the region.

580 private residential buildings with oven heating were cut off. They are home to 2,545 people. Also, four socially significant facilities were left without electricity.

Rehabilitation work is currently under way. Information on the causes of the accident is being clarified. The timing of the full restoration of power supply is not yet known.

The Emergencies Ministry noted that the situation is under the control of the department.

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