A boat with about 80 people on board sunk Sunday in the Solimoes River in Brazil's northern Amazonas state and local fire-fighters began to withdraw bodies from the boat.
According to the Department of Fire-Fighters in the city of Manacapuru, some people on board the boat managed to reach the river bank following the sinking. So far, there has been no information about the number of survivors from the accident.
The boat was transporting people from a party and sunk near Manacapuru, fire-fighters who took part in the rescue operation were quoted as saying.
A group of 12 divers and about 20 fire-fighters were sent to the place of the accident to find possible survivors.
The Brazilian navy also sent two motor boats with about eight servicemen to take part in the operation.
Fire-fighters began to withdraw bodies from the boat and took them to a road near the river bank. They attributed the accident to a possible overload.
On February 21, a boat with about 90 people sunk in the Amazonas state, 16 passengers were killed.
Source:Xinhua
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