Vale Employees Arrested After Brazil Dam Collapse
January 29 2019 - 6:41AM
Dow Jones News
By Jeffrey T. Lewis and Paulo Trevisani
SÃO PAULO -- Brazilian police arrested five people Tuesday in
connection with the deadly collapse of a dam owned by iron-ore
producer Vale SA, including employees of the mining company.
The number killed by the tide of mud and mining debris that
swept through the burst dam Friday had risen to 65 by Monday
evening, while close to 300 people are still missing and feared
dead.
Police said two engineers working for a company hired by Vale to
inspect the dam before its collapse were arrested in São Paulo.
Three Vale employees were detained in or near the city of Belo
Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, where the dam was
located.
Police also seized documents and other items belonging to the
five detainees. Vale said in a note that the company is cooperating
fully with investigators.
The dam collapse destroyed nearby offices and a bar belonging to
Vale and debris smashed into parts of the small town of Brumadinho
in Minas Gerais.
Write to Jeffrey T. Lewis at jeffrey.lewis@wsj.com and Paulo
Trevisani at paulo.trevisani@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 29, 2019 06:26 ET (11:26 GMT)
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