The mud has beaten a red-brown scar in the lush Green and buried. The helicopter circling above the mud and search for Survivors. Around 300 people are missing after the dam burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil. First of all, nine bodies have been recovered, but the number of victims is likely to rise further. It was hard to find Survivors, said the Governor of the state of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, the TV channel Globo TV. “Very likely we are now only corpses of mountains.” Thus, there could be hundreds Dead.
television images showed dramatic scenes with rescuers that pulled helicopters out of people from the red mud masses, a train was captured by the masses, and crushed. The details of the rescue forces, according to the 100 to 150 workers will be missing in the iron ore mine, and up to 200 people in the surrounding area. Soldiers were sent to the disaster region.
The Mine is operated by the Brasilia’s group Vale. How it came exactly to the time of the accident was still unclear, said Vale President Fábio Schvartsman. The scene of the incident Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais is located approximately 450 kilometers North of Rio de Janeiro. The mud had rolled over parts of the iron ore mine and a residential area. Probably dozens were carried away with other people. Were destroyed and the roofs of houses, as well as excavators in the iron ore mine.
On the pictures to see how to use forces in a helicopter tried to rescue a woman and a man. The help-seekers were both completely covered with mud. The man stood up to the torso in the brown water and carried the woman in the direction of the Savior. Other recordings excavator showed in the iron ore mine Córrego de Feijao, covered with mud, rocks and Branches. The avalanche pushed the tracks of freight containers for the iron ore railway.
On aerial photographs, the extent of the disaster became visible, the mud avalanche had opened up for miles your way. The brown sludge flood also reached the residential area of Vila Forteco and buried partially complete houses.
Similar misfortune as early as 2015
Brazil’s new President, Jair Bolsonaro, the area wanted to skim in the course of Saturdays. He said the National water Agency coordination measures, in order to supply the surrounding cities with clean water. It’s all being done to a pollution of the environment to contain and help the families of the victims. The Ministry of the environment of the South American country put together a crisis team.
Bolsonaro stands in the reputation, the company has largely a free Hand and keep to strict environmental regulations little. Nature conservation associations demanded a stricter control. “Brazil needs to strengthen the government authorities have the important task to monitor the economic activities with a high risk for the environment and society”, said the Director of the conservation organisation WWF in Brazil, Mauricio Voivodic.
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In 2015, it was also in Minas Gerais a similar misfortune. In the case of the “tragedy of Mariana” it came in a iron ore mine to a dam failure of a retention basin. At that time, 19 people were killed. There were several charges and damage claims in the billions. The former operator company Samarco was also part of the Vale, and the Australian-British group, HP. A huge wave of mud and harmful substances spilled into adjacent towns and contaminated the river Rio Doce to around 650 kilometres in length, to the Atlantic ocean, the brown floss red broth. (dpa)