Brazil mining disaster : Death toll reaches 84

Brumadinho, Jan 30: Here is the breaking news that, 19 more bodies have been found amid the sludge of mine waste, mud and water that buried homes and vehicles in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho when a tailings dam failed last week, raising the death toll from the tragedy to 84, officials said.

Coming to more details, The list of the number of people missing in the disaster was pared from 279 to 276 on Tuesday, the media reported.

In this regard, The spokesman for the Minas Gerais state fire department, Lt. Pedro Aihara, said that three of the bodies were found among the wreckage of a bus submerged by last Friday’s spill.

The mine in Brumadinho is owned by Brazil s Vale, the world s largest iron-ore producer. According to the sources, Two other bodies were found in an area which according to experts was the most likely spot for finding the remains of people who were having lunch in the complex s cafeteria at the time of the tragedy.