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Brazilian town reels from deadly dam collapse

A body is recovered by Minas Gerais firefighters from a small market at the mud-hit area a day after the collapse of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil.

The normally sleepy Brazilian town of Brumadinho is reeling after a dam collapse killed at least 34 and left hundreds missing.

Teams of rescuers have converged on the town to dig through thick mud in the search for survivors.

Firefighters focused their hopes on a bus, a train, mining offices and nearby homes that were buried on Friday (January 25) when a torrent of mud was unleashed by the dam break at Vale's Corrego do Feijao facility in Minas Gerais state.

A Brazilian judge in the state of Minas Gerais on Saturday froze 5 billion reais ($1.33 billion) in the accounts of miner Vale SA to pay for the damage caused by a dam burst, prosecutors said.


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