Rangoon School On Fire

by Mizzima News

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:44

A fire broke out at a government high school in Rangoon's Mayangone Township on Monday night. The fire burnt for nearly three hours, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (local time), destroying the second floor of a two-storey school. Though parts of the school have been damaged by the fire, school authorities continue to conduct examinations among primary and middle school students. According to a local who resides next to the school, the fire started from an electrical wire shock and grew into a large fire when the school's night watchman failed to extinguish it at an early stage. Firefighters arrived shortly after it was apparent the guard would not be able to handle the situation and struggled for nearly three hours to put out the fire, the local said. < Prev   Next >