Yangon, Dec 19 : An explosion occurred on a ferry boat in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon, injuring 17 people, according to a fire brigade official at the Kyauktada township in downtown Yangon.
Local media reports on Sunday said the boat runs on Yangon’s Pansoedan-Dala route, Xinhua news agency reported.
“The ship was going to depart from Yangon to Dala. The explosion happened in the lower room of the boat. A total of 17 were injured, four of them currently in a critical condition”, said the fire brigade official.
The injured were sent to Yangon General Hospital for treatment.(IANS)
