Seven people are dead and three are missing after a slab of a cliff broke off Saturday afternoon and crashed down onto three tourist boats in a lake, officials said.
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The incident took place at Lake Furnas, a popular tourist spot roughly 260 miles north of Sao Paulo, around 12:30 p.m., according to the Minas Gerais state fire department. The Brazilian Navy and local firefighters were deployed to the scene to help the victims.Firefighters at the scene of a rescue operation after a wall of rock broke from a cliff falling onto several tourist boats at the canyons of Furnas Lake, city of Capitolio, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2022.
Seven people were killed, 4 people were hospitalized and 3 people were missing, as of early Sunday morning, the fire department told ABC News. Six victims were taken to the hospital in serious condition, officials said. Officials on Saturday evening had said 20 people were missing and 32 were hospitalized. The fire department told ABC News that 23 of the hospitalized victims could be released soon.on the incident during the afternoon and said heavy rains were a factor in the cliff collapse. The rescue efforts were ongoing, Zema tweeted.
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