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Attorney General of the United Kingdom, Andr Mendona, said that the construction of a broken dam, of a medium-sized structure intended to contain waste, had been deactivated
PHOTO: Fire Department / Divulgao
Vale Mining Company is responsible for the Brumadinho Dam (MG) Dam. The disaster killed at least 37 people and more than 250 people went missing.
"There is a responsibility for what happened, the company Vale is responsible for this risk, what we have to see at that time to wait for the trials., Inquiries to the technical bodies , to check the extent of this damage and determine how liability measures will be adopted, "said Mendona after attending a meeting in Palau do Plbadto of the crisis management office in charge of the case.
The Minister "We have indications that the number of victims is significantly higher, which indicates greater human responsibility." Departments will be working to have this protocol revised so that we can anticipate new disasters, "said the minister.
Asked if the government could sign an agreement with Vale, as was the case in the United States. Mariana Mendona case does not exclude it, but says that if it was the same.The breach of the Fundo Dam in November 2015 killed 19 people and spread 650 km of tailings along the Doce River.
"We must see why a recidivism is possible.Although there is room for negotiations, it can not adopt measures consistent with the same parameters as those adopted previously, according to d. a recidivist behavior that has occurred ",
According to him, the government already has indications that the number of victims would be sufficiently greater.
" We have not yet the s figures, but the number of missing persons indicates greater human responsibility and the priority given at this time to the rescue of these victims, "he said.
To date, 366 people have been saved (221 Vale employees and 145 outsourced), 23 of whom have been hospitalized. According to Vale, 251 people were still missing.
Rescue operations were suspended at 8 pm on Saturday and resumed at 4 am on Sunday (27). The lack of electricity, telephone and Internet signals in some places has complicated the task of firefighters. The residues reached the rural area of Brumadinho, including an administrative area and a business refectory, a residential area and a pousada, which were buried.
Dam 1, which broke, has a medium-sized structure and was deactivated. His risk was considered low, but the potential damage in case of an accident was high.
Another dam, number 6, is now being watched every hour by Vale, alongside the Civil Defense and Fire Department. The pumps are used to drain and reduce the amount of water, thus avoiding new problems.
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