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MORE THAN 4,500 LEFT HOMELESS IN BU
- Subject: MORE THAN 4,500 LEFT HOMELESS IN BU
- From: tun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 01:05:00
Subject: RE: MORE THAN 4,500 LEFT HOMELESS IN BURMA BLAZE
>From: btf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Barton Shulman)
>Newsgroups: soc.culture.burma
>Subject: MORE THAN 4,500 LEFT HOMELESS IN BURMA BLAZE
>Date: 1 May 1995 17:19:45 GMT
>MORE THAN 4,500 LEFT HOMELESS IN BURMA BLAZE
> RANGOON, Burma (Reuter) - More than 4,500 people were left
>homeless when fire swept through a neighborhood in the central
>Burmese town of Pegu, the state media reported Saturday.
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> A total of 745 houses were destroyed and 4,558 people left
>homeless in the fire Thursday. The reports did not say how the
>fire started in the town 45 miles northeast of Rangoon, nor were
>there any reports of deaths or injuries.
I understand from talking with other burmese that fire usually break
out right before the time of audit to cover up their (employees)
selling of goods to blackmarket. I understand setting fire is
a standard procedure, belive it or not. The loss is, of course,
the innocent public.
Does anyone want to comment on it?
Ct