Myanmar landslide: 50 dead and hundreds trapped after mine collapse creates 'muddy wave'

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FREE newsletter is just champion! Get the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inboxAt least 50 people have died and hundreds more are trapped after a mine collapsed in Myanmar.The miners were collecting stones in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state when a “muddy wave” caused by heavy rain buried them, the country’s fire service said in a Facebook post.It read: "Now in total 50 dead bodies.

We are still working on the rescue process.”Deadly landslides and other accidents are common in the poorly regulated mines of Hpakant.A landslide in the area killed 116 people in 2015.

Last April, at least 54 miners were engulfed by a landslide “mud lake” in the same area. A mud filter collapsed at a mine in Hpakant, causing a.