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Myanmar Warehouse Blast Kills Dozens
A mining-explosives warehouse blast forces Kaung Tat rescue crews to count at least 46 residents dead and hundreds of homes damaged
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Three things to know
- What happened
- A mining-explosives warehouse blast forces Kaung Tat rescue crews to count at least 46 residents dead and hundreds of homes damaged.
- Why it matters
- Around 74 injured people were taken to Namkham General Hospital as crews prepared to resume rescue work Monday.
- Where it stands
- Monday's pressure moves to resumed rescues, hospital capacity, and safer storage of mining explosives around villages.
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TNLA authorities said mining explosives stored in a warehouse ignited near Namkham, killing at least 46 people, injuring 74 and damaging about 300 homes.
- Frame 1A mining-explosives warehouse blast forces Kaung Tat rescue crews to count at least 46 residents dead and hundreds of homes damaged.
- Frame 2The TNLA, which controls the Shan State area, says stored mining explosives ignited around noon Sunday.
- Frame 3Rescue workers reported six children were among the dead, including a one-year-old toddler.
- Frame 4The blast damaged about 200 homes in Kaung Tat and about 100 more in nearby Pan Lone.
- Frame 5Around 74 injured people were taken to Namkham General Hospital as crews prepared to resume rescue work Monday.
- Frame 6Monday's pressure moves to resumed rescues, hospital capacity, and safer storage of mining explosives around villages.
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- Jun 1, 7:17 AM EDT
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