MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - At least six people were killed and eight injured in an accident at Russia's largest Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in south Siberia early on Monday, a local emergencies spokesman said.
The emergency call came at 04:42 a.m. Moscow time (00:42 GMT) as the hydropower plant's third and fourth water conduits broke, flooding the turbine room. The plant was brought to a halt over the failure.
Viktor Zimin, governor of the republic of Khakassia, where the power plant is located, has left for the scene.
