7 fatalities after cliff collapse on tourists

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Seven people were killed on Saturday, January 8, at the foot of a collapsed cliff, while admiring the canyon. Three other people are missing, and several injured are to be deplored at the end of this tragic incident.

Saturday January 8, several groups of tourists went to Fumas lake (Brazil), a tourist spot renowned for its paradisiacal decor. The first landslides begin to worry the boats on the spot, who decide to move away. Unfortunately, it is too late for one of them, who will find himself right in the axis of the collapse of the cliff. Seven people will not have survived this terrible incident, which left nine injured. Heavy rains in recent days could have favored the fall of this cliff.

Three people are still missing after the collapse. “We do the research underwater, and on the surface. Investigative work will continue. We cooperate with witnesses, families and local businesses “, at announced Colonel Edgar Estevo de Silva of the Minas State Rescue Service Gerais.


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