Il-pompieri Brażiljani qed ifittxu aktar minn 200 persuna nieqsa wara li waqgħet diga f’minjiera tal-ħadid mhux maħdum. Għadd ta 'nies inqabdu mix-xmara tal-ħama meħlusa meta d-diga falliet.
Id-diga, proprjetà tad-ditta tal-minjieri Vale SA, niżlet parzjalment nhar il-Ġimgħa, u bagħtet torrenti ta ’tajn u ħama fil-foresta u l-irħula ta’ taħt. L-iskart ħasel it-toroq u qered il-bini fi triqtu.
Il-President Brażiljan Jair Bolsonaro esprima l-kondoljanzi, u ħabbar li l-Ministri tal-Iżvilupp Reġjonali u l-Minjieri u l-Enerġija, kif ukoll il-kap tad-Difiża Ċivili tal-pajjiż intbagħtu fiż-żona.
Id-diga hija operata mill-istess kumpanija li kienet issorvelja diga oħra fl-istess stat ta ’Minas Gerais li sofriet falliment katastrofiku fl-2015. L-agħar diżastru ambjentali fl-istorja tal-Brażil, l-inċident għarraq ix-xmara ta’ taħt bi skart tossiku tal-ħadid, u qatel mill-inqas 17-il persuna u ċċaqlaq mijiet oħra.
X'GĦANDEK NEĦĦED MINN DAN L-ARTIKOLU:
- The dam is operated by the same company that oversaw another dam in the same state of Minas Gerais that suffered catastrophic failure in 2015.
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed condolences, and announced that the Ministers of Regional Development and Mines and Energy, as well as the country's Civil Defense chief have been sent to the area.
- The worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history, the incident flooded the river below with toxic iron waste, killing at least 17 people and displacing hundreds more.
