Burmese landslide caused at least 125 people to be killed

　　According to a comprehensive report by China News Service on July 2nd, at about 6:30 a.m. local time on July 2, local time, a large-scale landslide occurred at the Pagan Emerald Mine in Myanmar. At least 125 people have been killed. Witnesses of the landslide said, "The landslide is like a tide, the scene is terrifying."

At about 6:30 a.m. local time on July 2, local time, a large-scale landslide occurred at the Pagan Jade Mine in Myanmar, which has caused dozens of people to die.

　　According to a report by Myanmar Chinese Network, on the morning of July 2, an earth landslide accident occurred in Huika Village, Pagan District, and nearly 200 individual jade mine pickers were washed away. As of 1:30 pm, 125 bodies of victims have been found.

　　According to Agence France-Presse, the Myanmar Fire Department said on social media, "So far, the total number of deaths has been 126."

　　The report said that due to heavy rain and cracks in the landslide area, there was a big potential safety hazard at the scene. To prevent more casualties, rescue operations have been suspended.

　　Witnesses near the landslide said: "The landslide is like a tide. The scene is terrifying. Many people are struggling to escape, but hundreds of people failed to escape in time and were engulfed by mudslides."

At about 6:30 a.m. local time on July 2, local time, a large-scale landslide occurred at the Pagan Jade Mine in Myanmar, which has caused dozens of people to die.

　　The report pointed out that the preliminary statistics of the police show that there are more than 300,000 people picking up resident individual jade mines in the Pagan area, and about 300 people die every year. The landslide accidents in the Pagan area occur almost every month, especially in the rainy season, and the landslide situation is particularly serious. People in nearby villages are also facing the threat of collapse.

　　The most serious accident in Myanmar’s previous mining collapse occurred in 2015. At that time, the number of people killed reached 100. The collapse in April 2019 killed more than 60 people.