Myaungmya, 13 March
Nine houses have been destroyed by the fire Ngamyinchaung Village in Myaungmya Township, Ayeyawady Region yesterday afternoon.
The fire broke out at a house belonging to a villager identified as Nanttote, an odd-job worker while she was going to a grocery to buy something after she prepared to cook rice in the kitchen at around 12:30 noon on 12 March. Firefighters in cooperation with residents took about an hour to completely extinguish the flame. The blaze engulfed eight nearby houses, two Chinese-made motorbikes, four generators and nearly 700 baskets of paddy. The fire also made 34 people from eight households homeless.
The fire victims are currently taking shelter at a temporary relief camp in the village’s monastery. Arrangement is being made to take action against the house owner over fire negligence by the local police station.—Aung Min (Myaungmya)
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe
