A landslide at a Myanmar jade mine killed no less than two folks. Report of miners are still lacking, feared lifeless as rescuers say they don’t anticipate to uncover any survivors who buried under rubble and particles the mine’s lake in Northern Hpakant, which borders China.
About 200 rescuers, including firefighters and local volunteers, joined the hunt for lacking miners, some utilizing boats in a nearby lake, based on photographs posted on social media by a neighborhood journalist who claimed to be on the scene.
A member of the rescue squad told AFP that about 100 folks could probably be missing and 25 people have been taken to hospital. Local media, the Kachin News Group, has reported that at least 80 miners are lacking.
90% of the world’s jade comes from Myanmar, and most of it comes from Hpakant and dozens were killed every year whereas working in jade mines, which employ low-wage migrant employees to scrape out a stone prized in China..