Fire roars through Karen refugee camp
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published : 10 Feb 2021 at 10:32
3 Karen residents of Ban Mae La refugee camp form a bucket brigade as they desperately fight the flames that destroyed many houses overnight. (Photo by Assawin Pinitwong)
TAK: A fire destroyed at least 100 houses at Thailand s largest camp for Karen refugees, in Tha Song Yang district, on Tuesday night. There were no reports of casualties.
The district office said the fire at Ban Ma Lae started in a thatched shack in the middle of the camp and spread very quickly to other houses.
The refugees tried to put out the fire, forming lines to fetch buckets of water, as they made phone calls to the Tha Song Yang district office for help. Two fire engines were dispatched to the camp.
Villagers fleed to temporarily stay nearby forest after armed force crash. - The Nation
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Mae Sot officials are concerned about the situation along the Thai-Myanmar border at Tha Song Yang district, Tak province, after Myanmar’s government ordered three battalion commanders to be removed from office on charges of “conspiracy with foreigners to destroy the country” and a clash in the neighbouring nation between its military and ethic rebels.
This has resulted in a tense border situation on the Myanmar side, which is already grappling with the spread of Covid-19.
There is also a potential risk of more clashes between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed forces after the three commanders were dismissed.