Fire at Islamic school kills 13 children in Yangon

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YANGON (Reuters) - An electrical fire at an Islamic school in Myanmar's biggest city killed 13 children early on Tuesday, authorities said. The children, all boys, died of suffocation in the fire at a dormitory of a school next to a mosque in Yangon at about 2:40 a.m., neighbors and officials said. "A total of 13 boys were killed in the fire caused by overheating of a transformer. They died of suffocation after inhaling too much smoke," a Central Fire Service duty officer said. ...




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