NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Disaster landslide reported to occur at mine stone jade in Hpakant City, Kachin State, Myanmar, Thursday (2/7/2020).
More than 100 victims died in that location. This disaster is the worst disaster in a year in high-risk industries such as the mine.
Landslide It was triggered by heavy rain in the Kachin State region, in the Northern Myanmar region. When the heavy rain falls, the miners are still working.
“The miners were finally buried by landslides. A total of 113 bodies have been found so far,” said a statement from the Myanmar fire department as reported by AFP.
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Rescuers throughout Thursday morning tried to evacuate the bodies of victims from mud due to landslides. They pulled the body to the surface with a tire as an emergency raft.
Photographs circulating on the internet show rescue teams crossing the valley hit by landslides.
They were also seen carrying bodies wrapped in tarpaulins out of the mud lake due to landslides.
During the day, the police said 99 bodies had been found and there were wounded as many as 22 in the afternoon.
The police added that the miners did not heed the ban on mining in such dangerous places.
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The mine was reported to be quite dangerous. Every year there are victims killed in it jade mine that.
The miners mine jade with low salaries but the jade itself is very valuable in China.
Police added the number of victims could have been higher if the authorities had not warned miners to stay away from the mine the day before.
Mine open jade makes the area on the Hpakant like a large crater area.
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Landslides in the area are common, especially when rainfall is high.
A large landslide had occurred before in 2015 that killed more than 100 people. Last year, a landslide also occurred and hoarded 50 people.
Myanmar is one of the biggest jade producers in the world. The biggest request comes from “Panda Country”.
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