Thursday, 08 April 2010 23:15 Myo Thein
Rangoon (Mizzima) - Rangoon witnessed three major fires on April 6. A 78- year old man died in one of the three, Fire Department sources said.
The fires were reported in Kamayut, Shwepyitha and Insein on Tuesday morning, afternoon and evening. The elderly person died in the Shwepyitha fire.
A gas cylinder exploded in a kitchen triggering a fire in an eight-storeyed building in front of the State High School No. 5 in Kamayut Township on Hledan Street. The fire damaged the building and the explosion shattered windowpanes on the building’s front, eyewitnesses said.
A burning cigarette butt sparked a fire in house No. 69, on Khatta Street, No. 9 Ward, Shwepyitha Township. The 78-year old man died here.
The third fire broke out in a fish cold storage in West Gyogon, Insein Township at 8 p.m. on the same day. Eleven fire engines and four water tankers from many townships, including the Division Central Fire Brigade rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire.
This fire broke out at TZ fish cold storage owned by the Fishery Department and it raged for over an hour. The Fire Brigade from Insein Township said a number of labourers were injured.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
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