Electro-fishing declining in Ayeyawady dolphin protection zone

With a team conducting two rounds of inspections every month, the practice of electro-fishing is gradually declining in the area from Mandalay to Bhamo in the Ayeyawady dolphin protection zone, according to U Kyaw Hla Thein, who is part of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s dolphin conservation project.
17 people including 12 fighters injured in Dagon Myothit fire
12 firefighters and five civilians were slightly injured in a fire in Dagon Myothit Township, Yangon Region on 10 September.
Passenger bus accident claims one dead, 35 injured in Myawady
One person died and 35 people were injured after a passenger bus flipped over on the Myawady-Kawkareik Road in Myawady Township, Kayin State on 10 September.
Five houses torched by Myawady Fire
No casualties were reported after a fire broke out at a house in Ward-2, Myawady Township in Kayin State on 9 September
3 dead, 28 injured as passenger bus overturns in Hlegu Township
Three people were killed and 28 people injured after a passenger bus overturned on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway in Hlegu Township, Yangon Region on 9 September
Fire engulfs wax storage house at Industrial Zone-1 in Dagon Seikkan Tsp
A FIRE that has engulfed a wax storage house in Industrial Zone1 in Dagon Seikkan Township occurred about 7 pm yesterday and it was put under control by firefighters after more than 2 and half hour battle with the fire
Over 8,000 litres of hydrochloric acid seized in Tachilek
Police on Monday seized 8,280 litres of hydrochloric acid as part of a search-and-seizure operation at the Myanmar-Thai friendship bridge in Tachilek. The trade of hydrochloric acid is restricted in Myanmar