The bodies found Monday could be victims of the Vale refectory, according to firefighters | Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais fire department spokesman, Lieutenant Pedro Aihara, said Monday night that although located 800 meters from the restaurant, the victims were near furniture. which indicates that it comes from the cafeteria.

According to the fire department spokesperson, Monday's work (28) focused on two points. In one of them, the military think they eventually found people who would be in the cafeteria.

"We started work identifying and recovering, and some of the victims, it seems, were people in the dining room at the time of the accident. firefighters started to identify some of the furniture, comparing it to the refectory, and then identifying some of the tables, chairs, other items we found, compared to the photographs we had access from the cafeteria. and we found that it was the same furniture and from there we were able to locate some bodies, "he said.

The other place is the second bus found by firefighters. There, the work was supported by the Israeli army and two bodies were saved. Research at this stage remains until 22 hours.

According to Aihara, the death toll is expected to increase this morning (29) as the body recovery process is still underway tonight.

Israeli material must be adapted

If, on the one hand, the Israeli army is already on the ground, on the other, the material they bring has not yet been used for research . Aihara said on Monday that the potential of these devices had been badyzed and that these offered positive resources to help Brazilian firefighters. However, he thinks that it is necessary to make an adjustment depending on the conditions under which they are normally used.

"In Israel, for example, the reality with which they work is an established topography, usually in a situation of bomb or landslide attack, so we have sonar, these radars, on a smooth surface, the equipment can move in. Already here in Minas Gerais, we have a situation with a lot of mud, which does not always allow the launching of these equipment for the movement in this mud, so we see the best way to 'use,' he said.