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Brazil: Firefighters killed in cave collapse
The rescue workers search for the missing persons throughout the day. They proceed cautiously because part of the cave in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo had collapsed earlier. Several people were killed and others injured. The accident happened early Sunday morning when a group of firefighters were training. Part of the cave collapsed and people were trapped in it. Then dozens of firefighters and rescue workers were on duty and remove boulders to get to the people trapped in the cave. The injured were rushed to hospital for treatment with broken bones and hypothermia. The Dos Bocas Cave in Altinopolis is about 350 kilometers north of Sao Paulo.
The accident happened early Sunday morning when a group of firefighters were training.