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The Myanmar junta burned down 2,741 houses throughout Myanmar in the month of July, according to the Fire Service Department under the National Unity Government’s (NUG’s) Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration.

The junta burned down houses in Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Tanintharyi and Sagaing regions, as well as Kachin and Karen States, according to the 1 August announcement by the NUG Fire Service Department.

The area that suffered the most burnings was Sagaing Region where 1,750 home, a religious building and a school were burned down by the junta during July. Nine people were burned to death in the fires.

The junta burned down a further 991 houses in Mandalay, Magway, Bago and Tanintharyi regions and Kachin and Karen states.

According to data provided by the nonprofit organisation, the Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) at least 81,899 residences were burned down throughout Myanmar between 1 February 2021 and June 2023.
It said that of those 81,899 burnings 59,225, more than 72 per cent, took place in Sagaing Region.