4,500 Left Homeless by Fire in Myanmar
<i> Reuters</i>
YANGON, Myanmar —
More than 4,500 people were left homeless when fire swept through a neighborhood in the town of Bago, state media reported Saturday.
A total of 745 houses were destroyed and 4,558 people left homeless in the fire Thursday. The reports did not say how the blaze started in the town 45 miles northeast of Yangon, nor were there any reports of deaths or injuries.
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