An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_ore" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailings_dam" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tailings dam">tailings dam</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento_Rodrigues_dam_disaster" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bento Rodrigues dam disaster">bursts</a> in the Brazilian state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minas_Gerais" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a>, flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.