With the help of sniffer dogs, firefighters work on the 17th day of research at Brumadinho | Minas Gerais

Eleven aircraft are used in more than 35 machines. Work began at 8am. According to the fire department, the force this Sunday adds 352 soldiers, 150 from Minas Gerais, 129 from other states, 64 from the National Force and 09 volunteers.

According to firefighters, the works are concentrated in ITM factory, in the administrative sector – canteen, house and parking – in the area of ​​the railway, in the areas of accumulation of residues. There are 35 teams in the field.

Lieutenant-Colonel Eduardo Ângelo, of the fire department, said Saturday (9) that the search area was divided into nearly 200 micropoints. "One detail that is important to point out is that we have now started working inside the boxes, which are micropoints in the field, where we will start performing scans and digitizing the results. We expect that soon we will be able to sweep the whole area when we close the quadriculas, "he explained.

Command Post Changes Location

For two weeks, the Command Post for Search Operations in Brumadinho operated in a private college located at the entrance to the municipality.

According to the government of Minas Gerais, in this beginning of the school year in the institution scheduled Monday (11), the premises that coordinate the civil defense teams, firefighters, military police (PM) Civilian police and other bodies will be transferred to a county club this Saturday.

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