Some 200 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, company officials say.
The break caused a sea of muddy sludge that buried the dam's cafeteria where hundreds of workers were eating lunch.
Rescue teams used earth-moving machinery at the site near the town of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais state.
State governor Romeu Zema said there was little chance of finding people alive. So far nine people have been confirmed dead.
It is not clear what caused the collapse of the dam, owned by Brazil's largest mining company, Vale.
The torrent of sludge cut through the dam's complex, nearby farms and the neighbourhood where many of the workers live, destroying houses and vehicles.
Dozens of trapped people, many of them covered in mud, had to be evacuated by helicopter as roads were destroyed.
Many other residents have been evacuated as a security measure.
The company's chief executive Fabio Schvartsman said only one-third of the roughly 300 workers at the site had been accounted for.
Local firefighters said the number of missing in the area could be as many as 300.
"I'm anxious, I want news," 28-year-old Helton Pereira told BBC News Brasil as he waited outside a hospital in nearby Belo Horizonte - his 28-year-old wife and 35-year-old sister worked at the dam's cafeteria and were both missing.
The search is being carried out by 100 firefighters with 100 more expected to join them on Saturday.
"From now, the odds are minimal and it's most likely we'll recover only bodies," Gov Zema said.