BANGKOK (AP) — More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery on Monday to recover bodies following a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern Myanmar.
The explosion occurred Sunday at noon in Kaungtup village, Namhkam township in Shan State near the Chinese border.
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army, the ethnic rebel group that controls the area, said in a statement released on Monday evening that the death toll from the blast has reached 43, including seven children. Previous estimates from rescue workers had ranged from 38 to 45.
