Two bodies found after blast at Brazil's Antarctic base
Two bodies found after blast at Brazil's Antarctic base
By Gerard Aziakou | AFP – 1 hr 13 mins ago
Two bodies believed to be those of navy personnel reported missing Saturday after an explosion at a Brazilian base in Antarctica have been found, the defense ministry said.
A ministry statement said Defense Minister Celso Amorim was told the bodies found at the Antarctic base appeared to be those of the missing men: non-commissioned officer Carlos Alberto Vieira Figueiredo and Sergeant Roberto Lopes dos Santos.
It added that the navy would send a team of specialists to identify the bodies and confirm the deaths.
A third sailor, Sergeant Luciano Gomes Medeiros, was injured in the blast, which occurred after a fire in a room housing energy generators of the Comandante Ferraz research base located in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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