BREAKING: Brazilian officials have suspended a search for potential survivors of a dam collapse amid fears that another dam owned by the same company is at risk of breaking.
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The Latest: 7 bodies recovered after Brazil mine collapseSAO PAULO (AP) — The Latest on the Brazil damn collapse (all times local): 9:00 p.m. The governor's office in Minas Gerais state says seven bodies have been recovered after a dam that held back mining waste collapsed in Brazil. Authorities have said as many as 200 are missing. Rescue and recovery efforts are underway on Friday. 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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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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