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200 MISSING AFTER BRAZIL DAM COLLAPSE
RIO DE JANEIRO & BRUMADINHO, BRAZIL | 25 JANUARY

A mining dam has collapsed in southeastern Brazil, inundating a nearby community in an enormous swath of reddish brown liquid waste and leaving an estimated 200 missing.

Brazilian mining company Vale SA said in a statement that the flow reached the community of Vila Ferteco and an administrative office, where employees were present, which “indicated the possibility of victims.”

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Depending on affiliate interest, AP will set up live positions in Brumadinho, 60km south west from Belo Horizonte (and 450km north of Rio de Janeiro)

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