Searchers pull bodies from rubble after Myanmar landslide
Source: AP
By ESTHER HTUSAN
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Soldiers, police and volunteers pulled body after body from the rubble Monday, as the death toll from a landslide near several jade mines in northern Myanmar reached at least 113, a local official said. More than 100 others were missing.
The collapse early Saturday in Kachin state's mining community of Hpakant was the worst-such disaster in recent memory.
The corpses were taken to a morgue, where friends and relatives broke down as they identified the victims. Some were buried at a cemetery and others were cremated. But there were stacks of unidentified bodies wrapped in blue plastic tarps.
Kachin is home to some of the world's highest-quality jade, and the industry generated an estimated $31 billion last year, with most of the wealth going to individuals and companies tied to Myanmar's former military rulers, according to Global Witness, a group that investigates misuse of resource revenues.
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In this photo released from Eleven Media Group taken on Nov. 22, 2015, excavators dig dump soil to search bodies of miners as workers and rescue members gather in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar. Soldiers, police and volunteers pulled body after body from the rubble in northern Myanmar on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, as the death toll continued to rise from a landslide near several jade mines with many more missing. (Eleven Media Group via AP)
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