(UTV | COLOMBO) – At least 113 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say.
Rescue work is continuing for people still missing at the site in the Hpakant area of Kachin state.
A wave of mud triggered by heavy rain engulfed those collecting stones, the fire service said.
Myanmar is the world’s biggest source of jade but its mines have seen numerous accidents, many involving people who scavenge for stones.
The country’s fire service department said in a Facebook post: “The jade miners were smothered by a wave of mud, which hit after heavy rainfall.”
