At least 40 people have died and as many as 300 are missing after a dam burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The disaster happened near the city of Belo Horizonte in the Minas Gerais state, unleashing a torrent of mud towards the town of Brumadinho in the southeast of the country on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
The level of devastation quickly led President Jair Bolsonaro to describe it as a “tragedy”.<\/p>\n
Fire officials released the latest number of confirmed fatalities on Saturday night after a full day of searching by rescuers digging through several feet of sludge.<\/p>\n
But there are fears that the number of dead will rise, as it is more than 24 hours since the disaster happened and finding more survivors was looking increasingly unlikely.<\/p>\n
The missing include 200 workers from the mine owned by Vale, who were eating lunch at the time when the dam gave way<\/p>\n
Vale boss Fabio Schvartsman said of the 300 employees working at the time, about 100 had been accounted for<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Skynews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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