The death toll has risen to 14 in the swimming pool roof collapse in Russia, Dec. 5. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The death toll has risen to 14 in the swimming pool roof collapse in a town in the Urals region of Russia, an official said Monday.

    Ten of the victims were children aged between nine and 12 and four others were women, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted local emergency ministry official Anatoly Shinakov as saying.

    The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m. local time (1130 GMT) Sunday. About 30 people were in the swimming pool at that time.

    Earlier reports said eight bodies had been recovered and the number of victims might increase as the effort to clear the debriscontinued.

    The swimming pool belonging to the Chusovoi metallurgical plant,near the city of Perm in the Ural mountains, was built in the early 1990s. About 70 percent of the swimming pool (100 square meters) is now damaged, according to the Itar-Tass.

    The Perm regional prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the accident. Enditem

The death toll has risen to 14 in the swimming pool roof collapse in Russia, Dec. 5. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)