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Brazil Carnival Electrocution in Bandeira do Sul, Minas Gerais, after a high-voltage line fell onto a Trio Ele9trico sound truck, causing mass electrocution and injuries; reports cite 50 hurt amid street parade celebrations.

 

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A tragic event where a high-voltage line electrified a Trio Ele9trico, injuring many during Carnival in Bandeira do Sul, Minas Gerais.

  • High-voltage cable fell onto a Trio Ele9trico sound truck
  • Metallic tape thrown may have caused a short-circuit
  • Truck became a conductor, electrocuting bystanders
  • Media report about 50 injured; officials verifying
  • Recent Rio fire disrupted top samba schools' costumes

 

At least 16 Brazilian Carnival revelers were killed and dozens more wounded when a power cable fell and electrocuted them as they danced behind a sound truck.

 

The high-voltage line fell during celebrations in the town of Bandeira do Sul in the southwestern state of Minas Gerais, the state’s firefighting service said.

It said the accident may have been caused when a reveler threw a roll of tape containing metal onto the line, causing it to short-circuit and fall onto the sound truck.

Such trucks, known as “Trio Eletricos” Electric Trios and equipped with high-power sound systems, are commonly used to lead Carnival parties through the streets in Brazil, where electricity workers have called a 72-hour strike before.

The firefighters’ statement did not give an estimate for the number of people wounded, but media reports said 50 people had been hurt.

“The cable fell on top of the truck, which then became a conductor of the electric energy and many people were electrocuted at the scene. Those who tried to get others out of the current also died,” local police chief Ademir Luiz Correa was quoted as saying by the O Globo newspaper.

This year’s Carnival celebrations had already been hit by tragedy, mirroring cases in which utility workers were killed at a power plant during maintenance. A large fire three weeks ago destroyed thousands of costumes and threw the preparations of some of Rio de Janeiro’s top samba groups into chaos.

 

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