At the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station accident occurred (13 photos)

Early in the morning of August 17 at the largest hydroelectric power station in Russia - Sayano-Shushenskaya - an accident, which killed at least eight people and more than 50 are still missing. The local population, bitter experience of previous man-made disasters, in a panic began to leave their homes. Local authorities are trying to calm people down, saying that there is no threat of flooding towns.