By SPA
Rio de Janeiro : At least three people drowned and six others are missing when a ferry sank on the Cuiaba river, in western Mato Grosso state, DPA quoted local fire officials as saying Monday.
Hope for finding the missing from Sunday’s accident are slim. “We pray for a miracle, but there is hardly any chance,” said a fire official.
The bodies of three men were recovered on Sunday.
The ferry sank after an engine exploded early Sunday morning when most of the passengers were sleeping, according to eyewitnesses. Of the 22 passengers aboard, 13 were able to swim to shore.
The search for the missing will resume Monday morning.