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The toll of the Brumadinho tragedy has been increased to 114 deaths, according to a report released Sunday evening (3). The number of dead remains at 121.
There are 205 missing persons and 394 others found after the rupture of the dam of Vale, which occurred on January 25th.
On Sunday, the searches were suspended in the afternoon due to the rains and will resume Monday (4) in the morning.
More than 250 firefighters and 22 sniffer dogs work on the site. Since Friday (1), as the rupture of the Vale Dam at Grande-BH has been completed, the rescue operation has entered a new phase and has no date to finish, according to the authorities. On Saturday (2), in addition to the searches, the inspections started in dams and the first containment structure on the Paraopeba River was completed.
- 121 death confirmed – 114 identified (see list)
- 205 missing (see list)
- 192 ] rescued
- 395 localized
ACCOMPANIED UPDATES UNDER LIVING COVERAGE
On Saturday, rescuers focused their efforts on an area where victims would be located in a cloakroom. On Friday, objects from this site have been identified and, since Saturday morning (2), the process of excavation and ground stability has begun, as reported by the lieutenant of the fire brigade , Pedro Aihara
. it was an important breakthrough for research teams. It is estimated that the locker room area contains a very large number of casualties, "said Aihara.
Still according to the spokesman, there are also points where the mud reaches about 20 meters deep and where the bodies levels almost all of the mud surface has already been removed, a very long excavation work will be necessary
The day after the dam broke, there were no more survivors the possibility of finding someone living in the muddy sea that swept the local community and part of the administrative center and refectory of Vale.
Among the victims are local residents and employees of the company the number of deaths, the construction of the municipal wake was not enough, two other places were improvised to accommodate families
Taxes of the National Agency of Mines, the State Foundation for the Environment Environment and Civil Defense began Saturday (2) inspection of the Vargem Grande Dam, Vale, in Itabirito, in the central region of Minas Gerais. This is one of 40 tailings dams considered to have high damage potential in the state.
They conducted an inspection and badyzed security plans. Vargem Grande is one of the dams built upstream by Vale. It contains 9.5 million m³ of residues. What happened in Brumadinho had 12 million m³ of residues.
The company announced this week that it will paralyze its activities on the site and in nine other dams located in Minas Gerais in order to proceed with the decommissioning, that is to say the deactivation and removal of dam residues. , over the next three years. In fact, the decision to terminate the structures was made in 2016.
CASSURE OF HUMANITY IN BRUMADINHO
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