Chiang Rai Firefighter Called to Tachileik, Myanmar to Help Extinguish Fire

The fire broke out on Saturday night in a Tachileik village near the Shwedagon Pagoda. Fire trucks and firefighters from Mae Sai district crossed the Thai-Myanmar border to help tackle the raging blaze.

Firefighting officials said it took a long time for the firefighters to extinguish the fire since the site was heavily populated and most of the houses there were made of wood.

No fatalities have been reported. The cause of the accident was likely an electrical fault.

The Chiang Rai provincial authority, military units and private organizations on Sunday handed out supplies, rice and dried food to the affected people.