13 killed in fire in Myanmar Muslim school

Myanmar's main city of Yangon, police say: Thirteen people, including children in Rangoon on Tuesday after a suspected electrical fault caused a fire broke out in the school were killed.


Blaze strict Buddhist-Muslim tensions in Myanmar against the background of recent sectarian violence comes after, but Police said initial indications suggested that the fire was accidental.

"Thirteen people, mostly children, in downtown Rangoon during a Muslim religious school, was killed in the fire," a police officer at the scene told AFP. "We believe this was due to an electrical short circuit."

Firefighters fire, which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning, he said.

Police have called for calm and promised to set up a committee - including Muslim leaders - An angry crowd gathered at the scene after seeking answers in the AFP reporter said.

Building a mosque and a religious school where the children were living while taking summer classes is located. Local residents said the victims were believed to orphans.

13 killed another police officer said more than 70 people in the school were asleep when the fire broke out.

"The children were rescued," he said.