Anger mounts at Vale in Brazil town at risk for new dam burst

A view of the dam at Brazilian miner Vale's Gongo Soco mine is seen in Barao de Cocais, Minas Gerais state, Brazil May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto

BARAO DE COCAIS, Brazil (Reuters) - It was bad enough for Paulo de Morais when he was expelled in early February from the house where he lived for 22 years, in the shadow of a mining dam at risk of collapse.

De Morais was evacuated with about 450 of his neighbours under orders from Brazil's mining agency, which feared a repeat of the catastrophe at Brumadinho 65 kilometres (40 miles) away. A dam collapse there in late January unleashed a wave of toxic mud that buried alive more than 240 Vale SA employees and neighbours.