Brumadinho dam disaster

When

25 Jan 2019

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

20.12° S, 44.12° W

Description

iron ore dam failure in Brazil, disaster which occurred on 25 January 2019

Deaths

269

Injured

23

Cause

dam failure

2019 dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil

The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure. The dam, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Brumadinho in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is owned by the mining company Vale, which was also involved in the Mariana dam disaster of 2015.

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