Fire, Explosion Kill 15 in Burma
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dec. 29: Smoke and blaze rise from a warehouse in Pazundaung township, eastern Yangon suburb. (AP)
Officials say a warehouse fire that spread to neighboring houses has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 60 in Yangon.
Officials say the fire started in a state-owned warehouse before dawn Thursday and quickly spread to homes and buildings, many of them wooden.
A hospital official says the dead includes at least one firefighter who was killed by an explosion at the warehouse when they were putting out the fire.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Firefighters continue to search for bodies.
It is not immediately clear what caused the fire.
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