Brazil dam disaster toll rises to 9 dead, nearly 300 missing

The toll in a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil rose to nine dead and some 300 missing, local firefighters said early Saturday, doubling the number of missing people.

The toll in a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil rose to nine dead and some 300 missing, local firefighters said early Saturday, doubling the number of missing people.

The Jaraua river in Amazonas State, Brazil, on June 28, 2018. (AFP File Photo/Representative image)

The earlier toll after a torrent of mud broke through the disused dam Friday at the iron-ore mine owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale in Minas Gerias state was seven dead and 150 missing.

More details awaited.