Two fires leave hundreds of families homeless
Over 1000 people have been left homeless after fires this weekend blazed through Namhsan in northern Shan State and Labutta in Ayeyarwady Region.
In Namhsan on 4 February, a fire that began roasting tea leaves caught kindling next to the stove, then lit a wood wall and proceeded to destroy 240 houses in the town, according to reports from the Lashio township Fire Service Department and the Myanmar Fire Brigade.
