An auditorium hosting a campaign event ahead of Brazil’s upcoming elections partially collapsed on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring at least 31, authorities said.
The accident occurred during a visit to a shipping container company in the state of Sao Paulo by candidates running for Congress and the state legislature, authorities said.
The candidate Congressional candidate Ely Santos and state legislature candidate Jones Dozinette are among those injured in the accident in the São Paulo suburb of Itapecerica da Serra.
Images posted online by emergency services state officials showed rescuers sorting through the shattered remains of a stage and bleachers tilted at nearly vertical angles from the collapse.
There was 64 people in total present at the time, authorities said.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that the rescue operation progresses as quickly as possible. possible,” Sao Paulo state emergency services spokeswoman Luciana Soares said in a statement.
Brazil plans to hold federal and state elections on October 2.
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