Around 200 people are missing after a dam burst at a Vale mine in Brazil
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Brazil dam collapse leaves 7 dead, up to 200 missingA mining company CEO says 'the principal victims were our own workers,' adding that the restaurant where many ate 'was buried by the mud at lunchtime.'
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Search on for up to 200 missing after Brazil dam collapseSAO PAULO (AP) — Workers with Brazilian mining company Vale were eating lunch when a dam that held back waste collapsed, burying the restaurant and surrounding community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least seven people and leaving up to 200 missing. The status of the workers and others in the city of Brumadinho was unknown late Friday, hours after what President Jair Bolsonaro and other officials were already describing as a 'tragedy.' Seven bodies had been recovered by late Friday, according to a statement from the governor's office of Minas Gerais state. But the fear was that there would be many more as rescue and recovery teams dug through feet of mud.
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Dam with mine waste collapses in Brazil; 7 dead, 200 missingSAO PAULO (AP) — A dam that held back mining waste collapsed Friday in Brazil, inundating a nearby community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least seven people and leaving scores of others missing. Parts of the city of Brumadinho were evacuated, and firefighters rescued people by helicopter and ground vehicles. Local television channel TV Record showed a helicopter hovering inches off the ground as it pulled people covered in mud out of the waste. Photos showed rooftops poking above an extensive field of the mud, which also cut off roads. The flow of waste reached the nearby community of Vila Ferteco and an administrative office for Brazilian mining company Vale SA, where employees were present.
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9 dead, up to 300 feared missing after dam collapseAbout 200 people are missing after an apparent dam collapse in Brazil.
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