At least 113 people were killed in northern Myanmar when a huge hill of tailing from a jade mine collapsed onto the huts of sleeping workers, according to state-run media.
Local officials estimate another 30 victims were "buried under the soil."
The collapse of the roughly 60-meter-high (200-foot-high) mound took place at about 3 a.m. Saturday in Hpakant, in Myanmar's northern state of Kachin, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported.
Seventy huts containing sleeping workers were buried in the slide, with only five huts spared, according to the newspaper. The huts had been situated in a ravine between two huge hills of dump soil, it reported.
The military was working with local residents in rescue and recovery efforts, it reported Monday, warning that many more people remain missing.
The area produces some of the world's highest quality jade, a nearly translucent green stone that is highly valued in neighboring China.
Many workers, typically migrants from other parts of the country, eke out a livelihood in the shadow of the mines by sifting through the tailing for leftover jade, the newspaper said.
Local authorities said they had earlier issued notices telling the workers they could not stay on the site, according to the newspaper.
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1.tailing 拖尾
2.ravine 山谷
3.translucent 半透明
4.authorities 當局
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where: Myanmar
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why:a huge hill of tailing from a jade mine collapsed onto the huts of sleeping workers,
what: At least 113 people were killed in northern Myanmar
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