Narinjara News
Mrauk U,
Natural Gas found instead of water from digging a tube
well in Arakan
Natural Gas came out instead
of water from a tube well in
On the 17th of this month,
the gas came out from the ground of the digging for water in the compound of U
Aung Than Kyaw’s house, who
is the president of Ya-Ra-Ka, the village level
administration body of the junta, SPDC.
The gas attracted attention
of the local people who crowded the compound.
A witness of the event said, “The gas emerged from the tube well is flammable.
First, people tried setting the gas alight. But later they realise
the flame is not going to extinguish by itself. So they forcefully put it out.
Since they are fearful of fire, they informed the authorities.”
Administrative authorities
from the
Currently, a team of
geologists is in the village in order to find out wether
the gas come from an ore or not.
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