A gas station** in Mandalay, Myanmar, burned, and a private car was burned
According to the Mandalay Public Welfare Organization in Myanmar, a fire accident occurred at a gas station on Manohai Road (110 streets) between 48 and 49 streets in Qianmiaodasi Township, Mandalay City, Mandalay Province.
At about 3:58 p.m. on March 4, the gas station was burning, and the fire department sent a first-class fire accident fighting force to the scene to carry out the firefighting work, and the fire was extinguished at about 4:05 p.m.
In the fire accident, the gas station, including private cars, was burned, and the cause of the accident and economic losses were followed up by the fire department.
One local citizen said that there was a fire at the gas station, and many fire trucks came to see a private car burned.
More than 260 ** disasters occurred in Myanmar in 2 months! Yangon is included in the list of the most polluted cities
According to the statistics released by the Myanmar Fire Brigade, in the two months from January to early March (March 4) in 2024, more than 260 ** disasters occurred across Myanmar.
These fires are particularly frequent in the states of Yangon, Mandalay, Bago, Ayeyarwady, Magway, Sagaing, Shan, Kachin, Mon, Tanintharyi and Rakhine States, with a small number in other areas.
Of these fire accidents, there were about 61 fire accidents caused by bush fires, bush fires, grass fires and garbage cans. In addition, there were 11 vehicle burning accidents, mainly in Yangon province, and one each on the Mon State and Yangman highways. There were 2 accidents involving vessels, one of which was an oil tanker.
Fire accidents are one of the causes of air pollution. According to the list of the world's most polluted cities with the worst air pollution released on March 2, 2024, Yangon ranks 5th.
The air pollution index published by the USAQI is 215 in Kolkata, India, 196 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 184 in Lahore, 184 in Kathmandu, Nepal, 174 in Yangon, 157 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 154 in Krakow, Poland, and 153 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.