After the breaking of a dam in the South of Brazil, and a subsequent mudslide have been recovered, according to media reports, several Dead. Forces found seven dead bodies, said the mayor of Brumadinho, Avimar Melo, on Friday, the newspaper “O Globo”. There are more deaths were feared victim. The Ministry of the environment of the South American country said in a message that a crisis staff was convened. The President of the group, Vale, the iron ore mine, said to the Brazilian press Agency, Agencia Brasil, of the approximately 300 workers in the Mine only about 100 according to the dam break had been found. How it came exactly to the time of the accident, could not be explained, so Vale-President Fábio Schvartsman.
The National water Agency coordination measures to the supply of the cities to ensure that water from the nearby Paraopeba river to win, which was also hit by the mudslide, said the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro in a speech. He’ll fly over the Region to see the damage, said Bolsonaro. It would have done everything Possible to a pollution of the environment to contain and help the families of possible victims so Bolsonaro. The Minister of the environment was on the way to the area, wrote the President on Twitter. The three-Minister for civil protection, development and mining were on the way.
photos and video footage showed a brown sludge flood also reached the residential area of Vila Forteco and parts of houses buried. People had to be rescued with helicopters. How big is the flooded area, was not initially clear. Videos showed people when trying to get to safety.
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escape For the residents of the state of Minas Gerais, the dam burst roused bad memories. In 2015, there was 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. 19 people were killed. Sludge with toxins flooded adjacent towns and contaminated the river Rio Doce (“Sweet river”) to 650 kilometers in length. (AFP, dpa)
