The Myanmar junta set fire to houses in Sagaing Region’s Pale Township on 18 and 19 February.

A junta army column departed from Pyu Saw Htee camp in Inmahtee Village in Pale Township and torched six houses and an NUG school in Mintaingpin Village at noon on 18 February.

Then, in the evening, the same column headed to Hnawyoe and Tonekan villages where they torched houses and stole valuables from them.

On the morning of 19 February, the junta column set fire to houses in the Zee Phyu Kone Village and the surrounding areas, according to Yin Mar Bin District Battalion (19) People’s Defence Force (PDF).

The junta’s house burning has caused more than 6,000 residents to flee Pale Township, according to a people’s defence force fighter.