By Aung Hla Tun
YANGON Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:56am EST
YANGON (Reuters) - At least 17 people today passed away plus 80 were being harmed immediately after an earlier morning hours huge increase with a stockroom saving gunpowder, likely for make use of at my own blast sites, in Myanmar's most important area regarding Yangon, court arrest along with spice authorities stated upon Thursday.
The explosion caused a tremendous blaze along with spewed light up this was only introduced within manage by simply the later part of morning, officers said. A criminal arrest officer, who seem to declined to become named, claimed twelve guys and also all 5 ladies have also been confirmed expended as well as more deaths had been expected.
"A criticism very first pennyless out and about with a warehouse where gunpowder was stored," some sort of Yangon criticism department official, whom inquired certainly not to always be branded said. "It subsequently caused the actual surge and also in that case your fire spread. I don't think it is anything to do together with sabotage."
The great time occurred during all-around a couple of a.m. (1930 GMT on Wednesday) within Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township with the east involving Yangon, Myanmar's former cash and it has the main commercial centre.
Ko Tin Than, 33, some sort of taxi drivers who seem to been driving on the warehouse back then from the blast, said the full area seemed to be covered using ash afterwards.
"It appeared to be as being a volcanic eruption just like you observe within the movies," they said. "Two or maybe about three individuals above a hundred paws away from that warehouse have been put to sleep by way of hurtling debris."
Some witnesses said the actual fireplace had triggered various lesser blasts. Police reported three firemen were among the dead.
"As considerably as I know, these kind of warehouses remain in the government and many ones were appointed to the Myanma Economic Holding Limited underneath the actual Ministry of Defense," reported a retired civil servant, suffering for being named.
"I assume this gunpowder stored there is suitable for mining purposes, certainly not with regard to producing weapons."
Fire motor from almost all regions of Yangon were being at the scene, witnesses said.
Television snap shots demonstrated saving teams hauling casualties with stretchers inside the darkness around what appeared to be badly damaged buildings.
Witnesses said homes and factories were ruined but first record which fire acquired pass on with a regional shipyard has not been confirmed.
The shock from your huge increase has been sensed by simply most people around eastern and middle Yangon.
Than Soe, a citizen within Yuzana Mingalar Housing Areas concerning a kilometer away from your site, explained complexes shook, your windows program ended up shattered as well as photos fell through walls.
"It ended up being a really obnoxious sound in which in the beginning many of us believed it absolutely was anything just like a great asteroid decreasing that will earth," he said.
(Writing by simply Alan Raybould ; Editing by means of Martin Petty)
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