MINGALAR MARKET FIRE
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Huge fire rages famous market in Yangon
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/24/c_13312283.htm
YANGON, May 24 (Xinhua) — Huge fire raged a famous market in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon Monday morning.
The fire, which occurred at the four-storey Mingalazay market in Mingala Taungnyunt township, started at about 8:30 a.m., over an hour before the market opened for business, eyewitnesses said.
The Fire Department used over 50 fire engines to put out the fire which lasted for about four hours before rain fell in the afternoon at 12:40 p.m..
Some sources said the fire started at a restaurant in the market, while others said it was due to electric short-circuit with a book stall.
There were people injured including a fire-fighter and some fainted out of smoke but if there is death is still unknown.
There are about a few hundreds of big and small trading stalls doing business in the market including many medicine-selling ones.
Mingalar market fire 2010 pictures
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Mingala Market fire restarts after gas blasts
http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/3974-mingala-market-fire-restarts-after-gas-blasts-.html
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Firemen at 9:30 p.m. were still battling a blaze at Mingala Market that started this morning, after gas tanks at a fourth-floor restaurant exploded to reignite the fire that had reportedly been snuffed out three hours earlier, according to witnesses and fire department sources. They said the toll of fireman injured in the blaze had risen to 20.
Part of the roof of the large wholesale market building in Mingala Taungnyunt Township that had collapsed during the day exposed flames coming from the fourth floor of the building, a Mizzima reporter at the scene said.
A total of 65 fire engines were tending the blaze, with more on the way from Pegu Division, about 50 miles (90 kilometres) away, a fireman told Mizzima.
Earlier reports said the blaze at Mingala Market had been brought under control after a 10-hour battle starting at about 8.20 a.m. The difficulty controlling the blaze was blamed on the market’s “best” fire-safety system, fire hydrants that lacked water and ladders that were too short.
The fire started at shop No. 80/81, a pharmacy owned by Khin Aung, on the fourth and topmost market floor and spread to lower storeys. The building also houses clothes, snacks, commodities and furniture retailers.
Although the total value of the damage was unknown, 20 firemen were injured and were receiving medical treatment, a Rangoon Division Fire Department official said.
According to an owner, one pharmacy is worth more than 100 million Kyats (about US$100,000).
“The fire produced a large cloud of smoke,” the official said. “Some people breathed in poisonous fumes and lost consciousness, and were sent to the emergency department of a hospital. Currently, they are in a stable condition.”
In February, an official from Rangoon City Development Committee had told local media that Mingala Market had the best fire-safety system.
“Even men cried because they felt that their lives were ruined”, a 50-years-old man who watched the blaze said.
YouTube – mingalar zay burning
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YouTube – Mingalar Zay (Market) On fire..
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Fire destroys hundreds of businesses in Myanmar market – Yahoo! News Photos
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Fire rages at major market in Yangon in Myanmar – Yahoo! Singapore News
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Huge fire breaks out at Myanmar’s main market – Yahoo! News
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Fire destroys hundreds of businesses in Myanmar market – Yahoo! News Photos
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YouTube – 05-24-10 Mingalar Zay Fire
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