Mawlamyine, 23 December
No one was injured after a fire engine overturned in Mawlamyine, the capital city of Mon State on 22 December.
The accident took place near a home-for-the-aged on the Mawlamyine-Kyaikmaraw Road at about 4:45 p.m. on 22 December. A fire engine en route to Mawlamyine from Letpan Village in Kyaikmaraw Township after engaging in a fire flipped over.
Volunteers from local social organizations and firefighters from fire brigades rushed to the scene of accident to assist in the rescue work, said an official from Mawlamyine Social Organization.—Moe Thauk
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe
