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    Nine Firefighters Killed in Brazil Cave Collapse

    Nov. 1, 2021
    Officials say the nine firefighters were killed while taking part in a training exercise near the southern Brazilian town of Altinopolis on Sunday.

    Source dpa/TNS

    Twitter/Corpo de Bombeiros
    Rescue crews on scene after a cave collapse that killed nine firefighters near the southern Brazilian town of Altinopolis on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.
    Rescue crews on scene after a cave collapse that killed nine firefighters near the southern Brazilian town of Altinopolis on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.

    Nine Brazilian firefighters were killed when a cave collapsed during a training exercise, officials said Sunday.

    Ten people were buried under the rubble in the southern Brazilian town of Altinopolis, some 300 kilometres north of Sao Paulo, the fire department of the state's military police tweeted.

    Only one person was rescued. A total of 28 people took part in the training exercise.

    What caused the accident was not clear.

    Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria expressed his condolences to the victims' families.

    ©2021 dpa GmbH. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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