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A shocking video shows the exact moment of the collapse of the dam of an iron mine that occurred a week ago in the state of Minas Gerais and who left at least 110 dead and 238 missing.
The shooting, captured by one of the security cameras and obtained by the TV Globo, show me how in about 30 seconds, everything under the dam is completely swallowed by the earth for hundreds of meters.
On the site, located in the city of Brumadinho, the mining giant Vale has stored tons of mineral waste. The collapse buried within a few minutes the company's own facilities and hundreds of rural properties.
The disaster also destroyed 270 hectares of land and left at least 108 people homeless.
A week after the tragedy, search and rescue services continue their work to try to find the 238 missing, reported the fire department of the state of Minas Gerais.
The spokesman of the institution, Lt. Pedro Aihara, said Thursday at a press conference that the teams concentrated their efforts on the 18 pre-determined points of attention and estimated that, seven days after the disaster, the search and rescue operation between "in a slightly more difficult phase".
Of the 110 dead, The civilian police in Minas Gerais indicated that 71 were already identified, mainly Vale workers who were in the dining room when the avalanche of mud and mineral residues arrived.
Vale Mining Company, owner of the dam that broke, announced on Thursday that it would negotiate extrajudicial agreements with the Office of the Prosecutor to be able to anticipate the payment of the respective compensation.
All week long, Brazilian justice has blocked Vale's accounts several times, whose values add about 12,000 million reals (about $ 3,186 million), guarantee the payment of compensation victims and environmental repairs and damage.
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