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The search for victims of the tragedy of Brumadinho enters the tenth day of this Sunday (3). According to the latest report published by the authorities, the death toll to date is 121. There are 226 missing and 395 others found after the rupture of the dam of Vale, which occurred on January 25.
More than 250 firefighters and 22 sniffer dogs work on the site. Since Friday (1), while the rupture of the dam of the valley in Great Bosnia has been completed for a week, the rescue operation has entered a new phase and has no date to end , officials said. On Saturday (2), in addition to the research, inspections began in the state dams and the first containment structure on the Paraopeba River was completed.
- 121 dead confirmed – 94 identified (see list)
- 226 missing (see list)
- located
ACCOMPANYING UPDATES IN LIVING COVERAGE
On Saturday, first aiders concentrated their efforts on an area where victims would be located in a locker room. and since Saturday morning (2), the process of excavation and land stabilization has begun, as reported the spokesman of the fire department's fire lieutenant, Pedro Aihara.
"This was a very important research team.It is estimated that the locker room area brings together a very large number of victims," said Aihara.
The death toll of Brumadinho rises to 121
Still according to the spokesman, he there are also places where the mud reaches about 20 meters deep and where the bodies were at superficial levels, in their entirety, have already been removed. As a result, very long excavation work will be required.
From the day after the dam broke, no survivors were found. For firefighters, the possibility of finding someone living in the muddy sea, which has swept the local community and part of the administrative center and refectory of Vale, is very small.
Among the victims are local residents and employees of the mining company. Due to the number of deaths, the construction of the municipal wake was not enough. Two other places were improvised to accommodate families. Brumadinho, cultural and ecological refuge of Belo Horizonte
They conducted an inspection and badyzed security plans. The Vargem Grande is one of the dams built upstream by Vale, which has 9.5 million m³ of tailings. The company announced this week that it will paralyze its site operations, as well as nine other dams located in Minas Gerais, with a view to decommissioning the system, namely the deactivation and removal of dam tailings. , n
The Paraopeba River died 40 km from the torn barrier of Brumadinho, according to a water badysis carried out by the SOS Foundation
Taxes begin to inspect the 40 high-risk dams of Minas Gerais
Mata Atlântica, published this Saturday (2).
"In all shipments made by SOS in 17 states of the Atlantic forest biome, in the major basins, in the great rivers, we have never seen a river killed in this way. We say that the river is dead because there is no oxygen in the water, it has no condition to harbor aquatic life, there is no fresh water, let alone water used by anyone, "said Malu Ribeiro,.
Representatives of the NGO (created in the 1980s to defend the last vestiges of Mata Atlântica) have already badyzed the 4-point water of the Paraopeba River since Thursday last (31) .The project plans to conduct examinations in 16
Despite the environmental disaster, Malu Ribeiro believes that if the appropriate measures are taken, the river will be recovered.
In total, three dam lines will be spaced 20 meters along the river. A team from Vale is in Pará de Minas since Wednesday morning 30 (Wednesday) morning for the badembly of the structure, 250 meters long and adjustable in height.
In a note, Vale claimed that the action was a preventive measure to ensure the water supply of Pará de Minas.
The art shows the operation of the anti-turbidity curtain, a system that will protect the water collection pumps of the Paraopeba River – Photo: Alexandre Mauro / Arte G1