The National: An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was activated early on Sunday in Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where a dam collapsed killing 34 and leaving some 300 missing, firefighters and the mining company said. The alarm went off at 5.30 a.m. (0730 GMT) warning of dangerously high water levels at a dam that is part of the Corrego do Feijao mining complex, a statement by the Vale mining company said. A dam at the same mining site burst Friday, spewing millions of tons of sludge, sweeping away and burying buildings and people in its path.
Firefighters said they were evacuating communities near the dam. A dam at the same mining site burst on Friday, spewing millions of tons of treacherous sludge and engulfing buildings, vehicles and roads.
Firefighters said they immediately began evacuating communities near the dam.
“Attention, general area evacuation!” blared a warning through loudspeakers in Brumadinho, which has a population of 39,000. “Find the highest point in the city,” the warning said.
Vale’s CEO Fabio Schvartsman and Minas Gerais Governor Romeu Zema earlier warned that the death toll from the Friday rupture could rise.
“From now, the odds are minimal (to find more people alive) and it is most likely we will recover only bodies,” Mr Zema told reporters late on Friday.
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