Fire in Yangon, Hlaing Township!!! over 3000 people are homeless!! (28.11.05) Monday

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Blaze in Yangon suburb destroys more than 1,500 homes: state radio

A huge fire in Ward 13, a northern suburb of Yangon, gutted 1,557 houses and left 1,962 families homeless Monday afternoon, a brief report on Myanmar's state radio said Monday night.

Ward 13 is inhabited by relatively poor people, with few two-story buildings.

Almost all the buildings, including a monastery, were razed.

Relief measures began immediately after the fire subsided around 3 p.m.

Casualty figures and the blaze were not immediately known.

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