Officials say the fire started in a state-owned warehouse before dawn Thursday and quickly spread to homes and buildings, many of them wooden. [break]
A hospital official says the dead include at least one firefighter who was killed by an explosion at the warehouse when firefighters were putting out the flames.
Smoke and blaze rise from a warehouse in Pazundaung township, eastern Yangon suburb, Myanmar early Thursday. (AP)
Firefighters are continuing to search for bodies.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.
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