The roof of a workshop collapsed at the Motorinvest plant in the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation. There were casualties as a result of the collapse. This was stated by the governor of the region Igor Artamonov.

“In the Krasninsky district at the Motorinvest enterprise, the roof of one of the workshops collapsed. Rescue services were sent to the scene of the incident to carry out rescue operations. The head of the district, Sergei Polyakov, organized the work of the operational headquarters to eliminate the consequences of the emergency situation,” said the Russian official.

According to him, five people were rescued from the rubble..

" They are being examined by doctors, information about their condition is being clarified,” Artamonov added..

Photos and videos of the consequences of the collapse are distributed by Russian media and local public pages..

Later, the governor said that the roof of the workshop of the Motorinvest car assembly plant collapsed under the weight of snow.

“According to preliminary information, the cause of the collapse was the accumulation of snow on the roof of the workshop. Rescuers continue search and rescue work,"

Local publics write that we are talking about a welding shop - it opened in December 2025. According to Russian social networks, up to 15 people may remain under the rubble.. The prosecutor's office is currently conducting an investigation.

A workshop collapsed at the Motorinvest plant near the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation pic. twitter. com/h2odS4B4UQ— Maxim (@lipcansmaks1) February 19, 2026 A workshop collapsed at the Motorinvest plant near the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation pic. twitter.

com/QFnHujhmS0— Maxim (@lipcansmaks1) February 19, 2026 Motorinvest is a Russian automobile assembly plant in the Lipetsk region, operating since 2014.

Since September 2022, the company has been producing Chinese electric cars under the Evolute brand..

Let us remind you that two people were killed and four may be under the rubble due to an explosion in Sertolov in the Leningrad region.

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