Death toll in Brazil dam disaster soars to 58

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A fireman walks by a rescue mission helicopter in a helping center near Brumadinho, the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Jan. 26, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

The number of people killed by the collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mining complex soared to 58, with 305 people still missing in southeast Brazil's Minas Gerais state, local authorities said Sunday.

Rescuers found a bus filled with bodies, Minas Gerais state civil defense spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Flavio Godinho told the media.

Search operations have resumed after being halted for a few hours over concerns that a second dam could give way.

There are enough supplies in the disaster-affected areas and the authorities have stopped accepting donations, according to local officials.

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