Kachin State: Jade and Fire

kachin state: The most detailed estimate of Myanmar's jade industry said it generated about 31 billion in 2014, according to CTV. Hpakant is a rough and remote area in Kachin state, 950 kilometres 600 miles north of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. The Myanmar Fire Service Department, which co-ordinates rescues and other emergency services, announced about 12 hours after the morning disaster that 162 bodies were recovered from the landslide in Hpakant, the centre of the world's biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry. The jade miners were smothered by a wave of mud, the Fire Service said. The tolls announced by other state agencies and media lagged behind the fire agency, which was most closely involved. It said 54 injured people were taken to hospitals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.