No casualties were reported after a fire broke out in a pellet factory belonging to Htoo Thit Group in Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone in Hlinnethayar Township, Yangon Region on 11 August.
Taninthayi Region Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Myint San together with Township Administrator U Kan Htoo and departmental staff met with local people in Kyaukwutpyin Village, Launglon Township on 11 August.
Local policemen led by the Head of district police force Police Lt-Col Kyaw Myo Myint met flood victims in Taninthayi Township and presented relief items to them on 11 August.
Seven people who were trapped on a mountain called “Shin Maw Pagoda” in Launglon Township, Taninthayi Region have been rescued on 11 August, authorities said.