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The Minas Gerais fire department said it managed to save three people alive in the early afternoon of Saturday (26). They were inside a pickup truck, surrounded by mud residue from the mine dam Vale do Beja in Brumadinho, MG
The rescued people were transported to João Hospital XXIII of Belo Horizonte. Initially, according to firefighters, the truck was seen by helicopters and firefighters went to the site on the ground to perform the rescue.
With wet mud and Saturday rains, firefighters struggled to get around. (Most of the work is aerial, with helicopters).
After the new rescue, the security forces counted 192 people saved in the tragedy. The number refers not only to people removed from living mud, but also to those who have been blocked or at risk who have been saved.
Research areas extend over 10 km from the torn dam to the Paraopeba River, already affected by mud.
Until Saturday night, there are 256 missing persons. . To develop this list, firefighters and civil defense depend on Vale. According to the authorities, the company, which does not control the number of people who were actually in the mine at the time of the accident, conducts the investigation through links with all its employees – those who are not present or those whom the family does not know.
There are still 23 people hospitalized. Lt. Col. Flávio Godinho Pereira, deputy coordinator of the Civil Defense, said the fire brigade was able to get on the buses on Saturday.
in the bus. There is also information on the existence of two buses not yet used by firefighters.
The firefighters always arrived on board a locomotive, but there was no body.
Security forces have identified four affected areas that, according to one type of census included in the dam's emergency plan, are concentrating more people: the neighboring district of Parque da Cachoeira, Vila Ferteco, the management region Vale Mine and Nova Estancia Inn. The estimated number of victims is only 35 in the youth hostel.
On Sunday (27), at 10 am, the Fire and Civil Defense Command will provide a list of the names of those who have been saved, disappeared and have died. The list will be updated every two hours.
With reinforcements from the teams of Rio and Goiás, about 220 men will participate in the exchanges on Sunday. Firefighters use thermal cameras to try to find the victims
Starting Monday (28), with the most solid mud, sniffer dogs will be used.
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