Ye-U 6 December

Two houses were destroyed after a drunken man set his owned house on fire in Pinsi Village in Ye-U Township, Sagaing Region yesterday.

A drunken man, identified as U Myint Soe, 48, set his own house on fire after an argument with his wife at about 8:00 pm and the fire spread to another house.

Ten auxiliary fire fighters rushed to the incident scene to put out the fire in collaboration with 300 villagers and   the fire was brought under control at about 8:15 pm and totally extinguished at about 8:20 pm.

The fire totally burned down two houses, causing a loss of K 2.0 million. But no casualties were reported. The authorities pressed charged against U Myint Soe.—Moe Thauk(Shwebo)
Translated by JT