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

At least 50 people have been killed in a blast at an explosives depot in north-eastern Myanmar, local media reported on Sunday. A further 70 people were injured in the incident in the town of Namhkam

Rescuers say a blast at a building in Myanmar said to be storing mining explosives has killed more than 45 people.

A blast at a building in northeastern Myanmar on Sunday killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers.

The village in Namhkam township is under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, an ethnic armed group opposed to the junta.