One person has been killed and roughly 15 others are missing in a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state, Xinhua reported citing a local administration official on Sunday.

"The landslide occurred due to a collapse of a heap of mining waste while jade pickers were scavenging tailings at a mining site in Seikmu village tract in Hpakant township of Kachin state at 8:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, leaving eight people with injuries," U Kyaw Min, official of administration office in Wai Khar village, told Xinhua.

Rescue operations were suspended until Sunday morning to ensure a safe search, he added.

Many locals make a living by scavenging for jade in the region and most of the landslides are caused by the partial collapse of tailings heaps and dams.

A major fatal landslide occurred in the region in July 2020, leaving at least 174 dead with 54 injured.