NAYPYITAW, 24 December 2021, (TON): According to rescue workers and local sources “three more bodies were recovered and dozens more were still missing, a day after a landslide near the jade-mining town of Hpakant in Kachin State.”

Between 80 and 100 people are feared missing after the pre-dawn landslide at an old mine near the village of Tharyargone.

The body of one man estimated to be in his 30s was recovered later that day, and three more were found on Thursday, according to Min Naing, the chair of the Thingaha social welfare group, one of several groups involved in the search effort.

He added that at least seven social welfare groups are taking part in the search for bodies along with volunteers from the Red Cross Society and members of Hpakant’s fire department.

He told Myanmar Now on Thursday afternoon “we will continue searching for more bodies tomorrow.”

The landslide involved the collapse of a large pile of mine waste. Some locals suggested that it occurred because of erosion caused by a lake at the base of the pile.