Avalanche in Brazil: Firefighters say the official death toll in Brumadinho has risen to 37

Lieutenant-Colonel Pedro Aihara, spokesman for the Minas Gerais Fire Department, announced today that the official toll of Brumadinho Dam (MG) casualties has risen from 34 to 37 and that 192 people have been killed. been saved. According to the fire department, about 24,000 people were affected in one way or another by dam failure.

In an interview with GloboNews, Aihara has urgently increased the demand for evacuation of the population of the Brumadinho region because of the risk of dam failure number six. "The imminent risk of rupture really exists," said Aihara.

"People have to leave their homes and go to meeting points," he added. The meeting points of the people who have to leave their homes in Brumadinho are: the main church, Morro do Querosene and the police station. According to him, the research was interrupted because of the risk of dam failure number six.

The government of Minas Gerais has declared state of public calamity in Brumadinho, located about 4 kilometers from the large open air museum of Inhotim.