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Myanmar Landslide: ‘Many Missing’ At Kachin Jade Mine

Rescue workers in Myanmar are searching for over 100 people who went missing after a landslide struck at a jade mine in northern Kachin state. … Continue reading Myanmar Landslide: ‘Many Missing’ At Kachin Jade Mine


Myanmar-lanslides

myanmarRescue workers in Myanmar are searching for over 100 people who went missing after a landslide struck at a jade mine in northern Kachin state.

At least 104 bodies have now been recovered.

The incident happened in Hpakant on Saturday when a huge amount of mining debris collapsed, engulfing the homes of some miners.

It is unclear what triggered the landslide in the mountainous region.

And many of the dead were people who made their living scavenging on or near the waste dumps, searching through the debris in the hope of finding fragments of jade to sell.

Kachin produces some of the best jade in the world.