YANGON, Dec 19 (NNN-MNA) – An explosion occurred last night, on a ferry boat in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, injuring 17 people, according to a fire brigade official, at the Kyauktada township, in downtown Yangon.
Local media reports said, the boat runs on Yangon’s Pansoedan-Dala route. “The ship was going to depart from Yangon to Dala. The explosion happened in the lower room of the boat. A total of 17 were injured, four of them currently in a critical condition”, said the fire brigade official.
The injured were sent to Yangon General Hospital for treatment.
