An unknown number of miners are missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide in Hpakant town in Kachin state on Tuesday evening, a local police officer told AFP.
The landslide is believed to have occurred after debris heaped beside the mine collapsed after it was loosened by heavy rains.
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