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YANGON: A devastating fire swept through a municipal market in Kyauktaga Township of Myanmar's Bago region, engulfing shops and houses, an official from the Bago region Fire Services Department said on Wednesday (April 3).
No casualties have been reported in the fire that broke out at around 6pm local time on Tuesday, he told Xinhua. Due to the incident, 450 out of the nearly 500 shops in the market, as well as nine nearby houses, were engulfed in flames, he said.
