Rescuers recover 33 bodies from landslide at Myanmar jade mine

The andslide accident took place in Hpakant township, Kachin state (AP)

The bodies of 33 people have been recovered from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar and rescuers are searching for at least three people believed to be missing, a rescue official said.

In the landslide on Sunday in Hpakant, the centre of the world’s largest and most lucrative jade mining district, earth and debris from several mines slid about 1,000ft down a cliff into a lake below, carrying more than 35 miners with it.