A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake and buried many workers under mud and water. By late afternoon, rescue workers had recovered 126 bodies, the department said, but more were missing. "Other bodies are in the mud," Tar Lin Maung, a local official with the information ministry, told Reuters by phone. Mines poorly regulatedDeadly landslides and other accidents are common in the poorly regulated mines of Hpakant, which draw impoverished workers from across Myanmar, but this is the worst in more than five years. About 100 people were killed in a collapse in 2015, which strengthened calls to regulate the industry.

Source: CBC News July 02, 2020 09:33 UTC