Death Toll In Brazil Mine Disaster Jumps To 58 [PHOTOS]

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The number of people killed by the collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mining complex rose to 58, with those still missing rising to 305, civil defense officials said Sunday.

After search operations, “the number has increased to 305 people missing and 58 dead,” Minas Gerais state civil defense spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Flavio Godinho told reporters. He said rescuers had found a bus filled with human bodies.

Rescuers and firefighters remove the body of a victim from a pile of mud and debris, four days after the collapse of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil’s giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, on January 28, 2019. The search for survivors intensified on Monday, on its fourth day,

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A helicopter provides support to the work of rescuers and firefighters in the search for victims, four days after the collapse of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil’s giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, on January 28, 2019. The search for survivors intensified on Monday, on its fourth day, with the support of an Israeli contingent, after communities were devastated by a dam collapse that killed at least 60 people at a Brazilian mining complex — with hopes fading for 292 still missing. A barrier at the site burst on Friday, spewing millions of tons of treacherous sludge and engulfing buildings, vehicles and roads.Mauro Pimentel / AFP

People wait for information about their relatives in front of the Crisis Command Centre organized by Minas Gerais government in the town of Brumadinho, state of Minas Gerias, in southeastern Brazil, on January 26, 2019 a day after the collapse of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil’s giant mining company Vale. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP