In Brazil, the search for missing persons ended due to the shocking accident that occurred in a lake, where a rock wall fell on a tourist barge, leaving 10 dead.
The number of deaths rose to 10 in the serious accident that occurred on Saturday in a lake in Brazil, following a huge rocky wall fell on some tourist boats.
The Fire Department indicated that the rescue teams located the bodies of the last two missing reported in the area of the accident, which took place in the municipality of Capitólio, Minas Gerais state (southeast).
In addition to the ten deceased, there were regarding thirty injured, the majority mild, although four of them needed to be hospitalized.
The disaster, which was recorded with the cell phones of other travelers who were in the place, occurred on Saturday around noon local time, when a huge rock fell off the canyon wall and fell on four boats that were sailing on Lake Furnas, according to videos published on social networks.
Moments before the detachment, the boats that were affected tried unsuccessfully to move away from the canyon wall, amid the warnings of the people who were in the surrounding boats and as the rocky structure began to crack.
The firefighters initially reported that there were 20 missing, although hours later they reduced that number to just three when contacting the vast majority of them.
Commander Giuvaine Barbosa, of the Minas Gerais Fire Department, indicated at a press conference that the searches will continue to fully recover the bodies of the three victims found this Sunday and stressed that they do not work with the possibility of more missing persons.
The ten deceased were in the same boat, named Jesus, at the time of the accident, according to Marcos Pimenta, commissioner of the Civil Police of Minas Gerais, in statements to journalists.
Pimenta also revealed that they are having serious difficulties in identifying the victims due to the brutality of the impact.
Members of the Fire Department, the Police, the Navy and the Civil Defense participate in the search efforts, in an operation with more than 50 uniformed personnel, of which 11 are divers who are knowledgeable regarding the region and specialized in rescue actions.
Authorities suspect that heavy rainfall in recent days in the region they pressed the walls of the canyon, formed by sedimentary rocks that present a lower resistance to inclement weather, which ultimately might have caused the landslide.
The place where the accident occurred is a very touristy point in Capitólio, a city located regarding 280 kilometers from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais (southeast), and famous for its natural beauties and its impressive gorges, which can be visited at through boat trips.
The Navy and the Police have opened investigations to clarify the causes and circumstances of the tragedy.
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