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Ferry boat explosion injures 17 in Myanmar's Yangon

Dec 19, 2022

Yangon [Myanmar], December 19: An explosion occurred Sunday night on a ferry boat in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon, injuring 17 people, according to a fire brigade official at the Kyauktada township in downtown Yangon.
Local media reports said the boat runs on Yangon's Pansoedan-Dala route. "The ship was going to depart from Yangon to Dala. The explosion happened in the lower room of the boat. A total of 17 were injured, four of them currently in a critical condition", said the fire brigade official.
The injured were sent to Yangon General Hospital for treatment.
Source: Xinhua

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