YANGON: A blast in northern Myanmar killed dozens of people on Sunday (May 31), two rescue workers said, with rebels controlling the region saying it was caused by the accidental detonation of mining explosives.One first responder in Shan state's Namhkam district, where the blast occurred,

A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports. About 70 other people were injured in the explosion that took place around noon in the village of…

The incident occured at a village, 3 kilometers south of the Chinese border in an area controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic armed group that has periodically clashed with Myanmar’s central government forces.

Rescuers in Myanmar recover bodies after a mining explosives blast kills at least 38, highlighting the region's unregulated mining dangers.

More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery to recover bodies following a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern Myanmar.

A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports.