Photo: Myanmar Social Rescue Organization (Mandalay Region Office) and Mandalay Region Fire Services Department

Five houses destroyed as riverbank collapses in Amarapura Township after heavy rain

· Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd

Five houses were destroyed after a riverbank along the Doathtawaddy River collapsed in Uyintaw Village, Amarapura Township, Mandalay Region, on the afternoon of September 30 following heavy rainfall.

Firefighters and auxiliary firefighters from Amarapura Township Fire Station, Myitnge Fire Station, Taungthaman Auxiliary Fire Station, Shwe Kyetyet Auxiliary Fire Station and Phyauk Seikkone Auxiliary Fire Station arrived at the site to carry out rescue and emergency response operations.

As further riverbank collapses were considered possible, residents were evacuated from the remaining houses in areas at risk.

 

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