Myanmar rescuers recover 22 bodies after a deadly landslide
Reuters Rescue teams in northern Myanmar have found 22 bodies following a huge landslide at the weekend near a jade mine, a rescue worker and a local journalist said on Tuesday. There were 42 people declared missing, many of them scavengers searching for small pieces of jade, according to Tar Lin Maung, a local journalist. […]
At least 36 feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
Updated: 8:15am, 15th August, 2023 (AEST)Reuters At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said on Monday. The accident happened Sunday in the remote town of Hpakant, the centre of Myanmar’s secretive jade […]
Three bodies found, but scores buried by landslide at Myanmar jade mine
Reuters Myanmar rescuers found two more bodies at a jade mine on Thursday after an official conceded there was little hope of finding survivors among scores of people buried by an avalanche of dirt and rubble while searching for fragments of the gems. Many were swept into a lake below by the landslide of mining […]
More than 50 believed killed in collapse at Myanmar jade mine
Reuters More than 50 people were feared to have been killed in Myanmar when jade miners and machinery were buried under a mound of tailings late on Monday, a member of parliament and a rescue worker said. Three bodies had been pulled from the debris, Tin Soe, a lawmaker representing the jade-rich Hpakant area of […]