Firefighters suspended rescue operations to clear a dam – Telam

Rescue operations after the rupture of a waste dam of the Vale mining company in the Brazilian city of Brumadinho, which has already left 34 dead and about 300 missing, were suspended until Sunday morning to drain water from one of the dams. of the region after the rains that complicated the tasks this afternoon.

The Brazilian newspaper Folha reported on its website that the Minas Gerais fire department had indicated that the search had been halted for safety reasons and that it would resume at 4 am to allow for pumping. water at a higher rate. big to empty the dam 6.

Firefighters had planned to continue searching for survivors all night Saturday and Sunday, according to Fire Marshall, Anderson de Almeida, who explained that 175 officers were going to participate in the operation of a total of 205 firefighters, lifeguards and volunteers.