The officials and the mine owner, corporate giant Vale, reported that about 300 people were missing on Saturday after a dam collapsed at a mine in southeastern Brazil, submerging buildings, vehicles and roads.
The emergency services reported that nine bodies has being recovered from the turbid mess left behind by the catastrophe which took place on Friday at the Vale mine in Brumadinho, near the city of Belo Horizonte in mines Gerais State.
The Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaw flew over the area where the disaster happened but gave no response to reporters, He only took to Twitter and said "it was difficult to not be emotional before this scene." All effort was being made to care for survivors and "determine the facts, to demand justice and prevent new tragedies, he added
The military said it was bringing 1,000 troops and sniffer dogs to the affected area to rescue more bodies.
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