![One of the affected areas photographed after the authorities warned of the danger of collapse.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/IYIAIMMR44UK5DPKJA743RYU6A.jpg?auth=89c0b926800702c977c289ad3dbfcc3be74c7d16932c4c1881838b65972347d7&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
Brazil fines petrochemical company $13.5 million for mining under Maceio, a sinking city
Neighborhoods in the city of Maceio are threatening to collapse due to the company’s decades-long extraction of rock salt
Neighborhoods in the city of Maceio are threatening to collapse due to the company’s decades-long extraction of rock salt