Kengtung, 10 March

Forest fire reportedly engulfed five houses in Namtnaw Village, Loimwe Village-tract in Kengtung in Eastern Shan State at about 2:30 p.m. on 9 March.

Shan State Lawmaker Dr. Wunna Soe, Deputy Commissioner U Win Min Thein, policemen, firefighters, members of the Myanmar Red Cross Society, officials from the Department of Disaster Management, township administrator, and villagers took about 10 minutes to completely extinguish the flame.

Staff from the Department of Disaster Management and the MRCS provided the fire victims from five households with relief items such as construction materials, rice and family kits.—Aung Zin Myint (IPRD)

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe