Mexico City: A local media reported that the number of people killed by the collapse of a dam which was owned by the Brazilian mining corporation Vale, has increased up to 50 people.
Avimar de Melo, mayor of the municipality of Brumadinho, located in the southwestern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, said that 50 people had been killed by the disaster pointing out that more details remained unknown due to the rapidly changing situation.
The dam collapsed on Friday causing heavy floods that hit the Brumadinho municipality. On late Friday it was reported that at least 200 people are missing after the disaster.