25 killed, 62 injured in gasoline fire in NW Myanmar

At least twenty-five villagers were killed and 62 others injured in fire caused by overturn of gasoline oil tankers loaded on two train coaches in Kanbalu, Myanmar's northwestern Sagaing region Friday morning, state TV reported in a breaking news. The overturn at a location near Chekkyi station of the gasoline oil tankers on the train plying between Myikyina and Mandalay happened at about 09:50 a.m. (local time) and it caught fire when local villagers rushed bucketing the out-pour of the gasoline, causing casualties. The fire lasted for over four hours until it was put out, according to the report.