HPAKANT, Burma—At least 162 people were killed Thursday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Burma (also known as Myanmar), the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years.
The Myanmar Fire Service Department, which coordinates rescues and other emergency services, announced about 12 hours after the morning disaster that 162 bodies were recovered from the landslide in Hpakant, the center of the world’s biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry.
