70 missing after landslip in Myanmar
The Hindu
A landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state killed one person and left at least 70 missing on Wednesday and a search and rescue operation was under way, rescue officials said.
A landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state killed one person and left at least 70 missing on Wednesday and a search and rescue operation was under way, rescue officials said.
Hpakant is the center of the world’s biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry.
Gayunar Rescue Team official Nyo Chaw said more than 70 miners who were digging for jade were swept into a lake a couple of hours before dawn when the landslide hit. Earth and waste from several mines around Lonekhin village slid 60 meters down a cliff and struck the miners, he said.
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