I-SAO PAULO, eBrazil - Isikhephe esithwele abantu abangaphezu kwe-100 sidibene nesikhephe esithwele iitanki zamafutha kwaye satshona emazantsi oMlambo i-Amazon ngoLwesine, amagosa athi. Ubuncinci abantu abali-10 basweleka, kwaye abanye abasithoba bebelahlekile kwaye bekusoyikwa ukuba babhubhile.

I-Almirante Monteiro yabhukuqa ngentseni kufutshane nedolophu ekwanti yaseBrazil yase-Itacoatiara kwihlathi laseAmazonas, isithethi somlilo karhulumente uLt. Clovis Araujo uthe.

Uthe abantu abangama-92 bahlangulwa zizikhephe ezininzi ezincinci kunye nesikhululo samapolisa esidadayo sikarhulumente, inqanawa eneenyawo ezingama-32 ehamba inyuka isehla umlambo kwaye yayikuloo ndawo ngexesha lokwaphuka kwenqanawa.

Amaqela ohlangulo afumene imizimba yabantwana abane, abasetyhini abahlanu kunye nendoda enye, utshilo uAraujo, kwaye itshekhi yomboniso wabakhweli kwisikhephe yabonisa ukuba abantu abasithoba bebesalahlekile.

“Amathuba okubafumana bephila maninzi,” utshilo. “Siza kuqhubeka sigqogqa de kufumaneke isidumbu sokugqibela.

Uthe akazi ukuba bangaphi abantu ababekhwele kwisikhephe, kodwa “akukho mntu wonzakeleyo kwaye nesikhephe asonakalanga.”

Uninzi lwabalahlekileyo yayingabakhweli ababelele kwiikhabhinethi ngaphakathi kwesikhephe esinemigangatho emibini kwaye abakwazanga ukuphuma phambi kokuba isikhephe sizike, utshilo isithethi sesebe lokhuseleko loluntu uAguinaldo Rodrigues.

“Ngokokutsho kwethu, malunga nabo bonke abasindileyo yayingabakhweli ababelele kwii-hammocks kwidesika,” utshilo uRodrigues.

U-Rodrigues uthe kwakusekude kakhulu ukumisela oonobangela bengozi, kodwa "ukubonakala kwakubi kakhulu" ngexesha lontlitheko ngexesha lomnyama wenyanga oqale ngoLwesithathu ebusuku.

Abo basindileyo basiwa kwidolophu encinane yaseNovo Remanso baza bakhuselwa kwicawa yasekuhlaleni. Babeza kuthatyathwa ngenqwelo-ntaka ukuya kwikomkhulu lelizwe laseManaus.

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