The death toll after the break of a dam of a ijzerertsmijn in Brumadinho, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, has risen to nine. That notifies the fire department. 150 to 300 people are still missing.
“We have nine people who have died. According to our data, there are about 300 missing persons”, said a spokesman of the fire brigade. According to the Brazilian newspaper, there are about 150 missing persons. Previously, there was seven dead and 150 wounded.
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After the dambreuk has a mudslide in the municipality of Brumadinho reached. Videos and pictures in local media showing a brown moddervloed that the residential area of Vila forteco coco has reached number of buildings almost entirely buried. Live In the area around 430 people, of whom there are certainly 279 are saved. That happened among other things with helicopters, others were on their own in safety.
it is Feared that the number of victims will rise. Among them, many are employees of Vale SA, the operator of the nearby ijzerertsmijn. The director of the company said that of the approximately three hundred employees of the mine there are about one hundred are traced after the dambreuk.
How the accident could happen is still unclear. President Jair Bolsonaro is coming later today and have a look in the disaster area.