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Agence France-Presse

The toll from a dam collapse last week at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 121 dead and 226 missing, according to officials Saturday.
The emergency service for the state of Minas Gerais, where the January 25 disaster occurred near the town of Brumadinho, said the search was ongoing for bodies.

All those listed as missing are presumed dead, with no survivors being found over the past week.
Virtually all the dead and missing were workers at the iron ore mine, buried under an avalanche of sludgy mining waste when the dam collapsed above the facility’s cafeteria and main administrative area.
Watch: the terrifying moment Brazilian dam collapsed, killing 115 people
It was the second dam disaster in three years at a mine owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale.
Authorities have frozen over US$3 billion in company assets in anticipation it will pay damages, compensation and fines.


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Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 121 dead, 226 missing

Rescuers search for victims of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA in Brumadinho, Brazil February 2, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Members of a rescue team carry a body recovered after a tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA collapsed, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Search for survivors, despair in Brazil amid dam collapse

A boy looks at an area in the community of Casa Grande affected by a sludge after the collapse, two days ago, of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil's giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho. Photo: AFP

Rescue workers search for victims after a tailings dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA burst, in Brumadinho, Brazil January 27, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

A man looks at an area affected by a sludge after the collapse, two days ago, of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil's giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho, state of Minas Gerias, southeastern Brazil, on January 27, 2019. - Communities were devastated by a dam collapse that killed at least 37 people at a Brazilian mining complex -- with hopes fading for 250 still missing. A barrier at the site burst on Friday, spewing millions of tons of treacherous sludge and engulfing buildings, vehicles and roads. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)

A civil firefighter takes part in the rescue of caged birds and a dog found in an empty house in an area affected by the collapse, two days ago, of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil's giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho, state of Minas Gerias, southeastern Brazil, on January 27, 2019. - Communities were devastated by a dam collapse that killed at least 37 people at a Brazilian mining complex -- with hopes fading for 250 still missing. A barrier at the site burst on Friday, spewing millions of tons of treacherous sludge and engulfing buildings, vehicles and roads. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)

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All those listed as missing, almost all of whom were mine workers, are presumed dead, with no survivors being found over the past week


All those listed as missing, almost all of whom were mine workers, are presumed dead, with no survivors being found over the past week.


Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 121 dead, 226 missing

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}All those listed as missing, almost all of whom were mine workers, are presumed dead, with no survivors being found over the past week

All those listed as missing, almost all of whom were mine workers, are presumed dead, with no survivors being found over the past week