Myanmar: Mine collapse kills more than 90 people

(Baonghean.vn) – On November 22, Myanmar authorities announced that the landslide on November 21 at a jade mine killed at least 90 people.

Responding to AFP news agency, Tint Swe Myint - head of Myanmar's disaster relief agency said, "only one woman was found alive but she also died quickly afterwards."

Myanmar workers work at a jade mine near the Chinese border. Photo: AFP

Previously, AP news agency reported that 70 people were killed and hundreds were missing in a landslide in Myanmar.

Thousands of cubic meters of rock and soil collapsed on a row of makeshift sleeping huts in the remote mountainous area of ​​Hpakant, near the border with China, according to local authorities.

This is not the first time such an incident has occurred in Myanmar. According to a non-governmental organization, in recent months, scores of poor people in Myanmar have tried their luck in old mines of mining companies at night. Due to lack of experience and protective equipment, many tragic accidents have occurred.

It is known that Myanmar is one of the world's jade suppliers, especially to China.

Chu Thanh

(According to Le Monde)