At least two people died this Saturday after a huge rock fell off a lake in

Capitólio

, in the Brazilian state of

Minas Gerais

.

Part of the rock wall of the canyon was detached on the boats that made tourist excursions in the surroundings of a waterfall.

The moment of the collapse was caught by a tourist and has quickly gone viral.

The impact of the rock also left

32 injured

, and the number of deaths could increase in the next few hours, because nine of them are hospitalized. The Navy reported that it will investigate the causes of the detachment, although at the moment

everything indicates that it is related to the heavy rains that affect the region

. A few minutes before the fall another video shows a waterspout, with the nearby waterfall suddenly increasing in volume of water.

The spokesman for the firefighters in Minas Gerais,

Pedro Aira

, explained on CNN that at the time of the accident there were between 70 and 100 people in the lake area, and that

many of them were thrown into the water by the wave that caused the rock

.

In addition, he considered the collapse as atypical: "What aggravates the situation is the way in which the rock falls, perpendicular. Normally, when these types of ruptures occur, the rock slides down the structure and falls diagonally or standing up." he commented.

Access to this tourist region of Capitolio remains closed and the authorities will study new access rules for boats to avoid new accidents.

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