Fire breaks out in Kyankhin Twsp.

Kyankhin, 31 December


No casualties were reported in a house fire at a shop in Ywathit Ward on Bayakyi Road in the tonwn of Kyankhin, Ayeyarwady Region yesterday, according to the township Fire Services Department.


The fire was believed to have started from a mosquito coil left in the home of U Thet Win Khine in the ward at about 12:5 pm on 30 December, and totally destroyed two shops, two computers and two motorbikes, causing a loss of about K 2.6 million.


The blaze was completely extinguished by firefighters with the use of two water tankers  two fire engine at around 12:30 pm. Action has been taken against the house owner over fire negligence by the local police station, according to Kyankhin Police Station.


Daw Hlaing Po Po Zin, IPRD
Translated by JT