Death Toll Rises to 60 as Hope Dims After Brazil Dam Collapse

Death Toll Rises to 60 as Hope Dims After Brazil Dam Collapse
A firefighter carries rescued cages after a tailings dam from Brazilian miner Vale SA burst in Brumadinho, Brazil, on Jan. 27, 2019. Adriano Machado/Reuters
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BRUMADINHO—Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Jan. 27, for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a deadly mudslide, as the death toll rose to 60 and was expected to keep climbing more than two days after the disaster.

Rescuers worked past sunset to search a bus thought to have bodies inside and a home where three bodies were already found, state fire department spokesman Pedro Aihara told reporters.