MARIANA, Brazil (AP) — Searchers used small airplanes and a drone Saturday to look for 19 people confirmed as missing following the burst of two dams inside an iron ore mine, while authorities lowered the official death count to one. The accident sent some 62 million cubic meters of water and iron ore leftovers flooding into the village, which is some 4 miles (7 kilometers) downhill from the mine, officials said Friday. Since Friday, hundreds of people have taken shelter in a gym in Mariana as donations of food, clothing and mattresses pour in. The public prosecutor's office has said it may file criminal charges against Samarco, which is jointly owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale and Australia's BHP Billiton, over the facility's lack of an emergency siren.
Brazil Rescuers Search For 19 Missing After Dams Burst
By CRISTIANA MESQUITA, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Sat, 11/07/2015 - 8:57am
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