Crews search for Russia blast survivors
Toll rises to 17 after 3 bodies found at power plant; 57 missing
Posted: August 21, 2009 at 5:15 a.m.
Rescue workers examine the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant after an explosion Monday in southern Siberia in this photo released Thursday.
Harrowing details are emerging of the explosion and flood that devastated Russia's largest hydroelectric plant, killing at least 17 people and leaving 57 missing.
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