Kangyidaunk, 10 November

Fire broke out in Shanywa Village in Kangyidaunk Township, Pathein District, Ayeyawady Region at around 1:15 am today.

The fire which was thought to have started from an ember left at the public house of U Htay Aung and spread to other six houses in the village.

Firemen from the Township Fire Services Department rushed to the scene to fight the fire with the use of a water tanker and a fire engine in cooperation with locals and the blaze was successfully extinguished at around 1:45 am.
But no injuries were reported. Authorities filed a case against U Htay Aung for his negligence.—Nan Htike, Township IPRD

Translated by JT