Brazilian town reels from deadly dam collapse
Jan 27, 2019 08:30 UTC
The normally sleepy Brazilian town of Brumadinho is reeling after a dam collapse killed at least 34 and left hundreds missing.
According to Press TV, teams of rescuers have converged on the town to dig through thick mud in the search for survivors.
Firefighters focused their hopes on a bus, a train, mining offices and nearby homes that were buried on Friday (January 25) when a torrent of mud was unleashed by the dam break at Vale's Corrego do Feijao facility in Minas Gerais State.
A Brazilian judge in the State of Minas Gerais on Saturday froze 5 billion reais ($1.33 billion) in the accounts of miner Vale SA to pay for damages caused by a dam burst, prosecutors said.
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