Six people suffered respiratory problems following a fire in a six-storey building in Yangon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township on 15 February.

The fire, on 122nd Street in Yaytwinkone Ward, started at about 2:50 p.m. and the flames rapidly spread throughout the building as people tried to escape by going onto a veranda roof.

A Myanmar Fire Services Department report said that firefighters from Tamwe and Mingalar Taung Nyut townships used fire engines and water trucks to extinguish the fire by 3:28 p.m.

Of the six people who suffered respiratory problems three were taken to Yangon General Hospital, whilst the other three were treated at the scene by volunteers from the Mingalar Taung Nyunt Youth’s Social Association, according to the association’s social media channel.

The Myanmar Fire Services Department is still investigating the cause of the blaze.