Shan State Minister for Lahu Ethnic Affairs U Yaw Thet met fire victims and presented relief supplies to them in Namtwoehtaung Village, Mongphyat Township in Eastern Shan State yesterday evening.
Three people were killed and five others injured in a fire at a hand-powered oil well in Pauk Township, Magway Region, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.
Air quality index (AQI) is getting better in Tachilek which was once choking under dangerous levels of air pollution triggered by forest fires from Thailand.