What the records say
- When
- 5 Nov 2015
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 20.23° S, 43.42° W
- Description
- iron ore tailings dam failure in Brazil, disaster which occurred on 5 November 2015
- Deaths
- 17
- Injured
- 16
Mariana dam disaster
2015 environmental disaster in Brazil
The Mariana dam disaster was an environmental disaster near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. On 5 November 2015, the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo, killing 19 people.
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