Yangon, 23 February
Three people were killed in an apartment fire in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon on 19 February, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
The fire broke out at an apartment of a residential building belonging to a man named U Tin Maung Win, 70, from Mingala Taungnyunt Township at about 11:50 a.m. on 19 February. The fire broke out when a nine-year autistic child identified as Nyein Zeyar Oo visiting the apartment played with a gas lighter and torched the room. A 68-year old woman named Daw Khin Aye Win, wife of the room owner, the autistic child and another kid were burnt to death and a 32-year old woman was seriously injured in the incident.
The injured woman was sent to Yangon General Hospital for receiving medical treatment. The apartment owner is being questioned over fire negligence by the police.—MOHA
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe
