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(CNN)A sidewalk collapsed during Christmas festivities successful the southeastern metropolis of Joinville successful Brazil connected Monday, injuring 33 people, according to authorities.
People fell into the Cachoeira River erstwhile a sidewalk connected Avenida Beira Rio collapsed during the inaugural Christmas presumption and the ceremonial had to beryllium interrupted for 40 minutes, the Joinville City Council said successful a statement.
Twenty-one adults and 12 children were sent to section hospitals but nary had serous injuries, authorities said.
The lawsuit aboriginal resumed, and the city's mayor, Adriano Silva, thanked exigency responders successful his speech.
"We are grateful for not having anyone successful superior information and besides for the exigency attraction that was provided to each the victims," the politician said.
A squad from the Department of Urban Infrastructure and Civil Defense is continuing an inspection of the site's structure.
Silva called a gathering for aboriginal Tuesday greeting with managers from assorted metropolis infrastructure departments to find the adjacent steps of enactment aft the incident.
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