Following the order of Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Petr Sumin, the families of fire victims from Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Magnitogorsk will receive cash benefits, says the spokesperson for the Governor.

The relatives of eight of the company’s employees who were killed by the fire and roof failure at the sheet-rolling shop of the complex on November 28, 2006 are to get cash benefits of 100,000 RUR. The money is to be allocated from the regional budget.

The funerals of the victims should take place in Magnitogorsk on December 1, 2006. The regional Minister of Industry Evgeniy Teftelev and Minister of Radiation and Environmental Safety Gennadiy Podtesov are to offer condolences to the victims’ families on behalf of Chelyabinsk Region Government.