Firefighters battled against the massive fire that broke out at AA Electronics factory in Hlaing Thayar Industrial Zone 3 for more than four hours.

All firefighters in service from the whole Yangon region were sent to control the fire, according to Myanmar Fire Services Department.

The fire started around 9:35 pm and was out of control until 11:30 pm, according to a reporter from the Daily Eleven Newspaper.

“The intensity of the fire was increased to level 5. We couldn’t control it but no casualties were reported. The heat intensified and the firefighters had to move back,” said he said.

Although the fire services department assigned it as level 2 fire break out in the beginning, it quickly changed the fire level to level 5 around 11 pm, according to Myanmar Fire Services Department.

“All fire engines and browsers in the region were called to the scene. We couldn’t control it as it burned with the intensity of burning two buildings,” said an official from the department.

The Daily Eleven reporter at the scene said he heard explosions from inside the factory and some parts of the building were collapsed.

Yangon region chief minister Phyo Min Thein, its mayor Maung Maung Soe and regional cabinet members arrived at the scene around 12 pm and supervised the work to put out the fire.

In the compound, there were three buildings and two of them are engulfed by fire. The firefighters tried to prevent the fire from spreading to the building which is not burnt.

“The buildings engulfed by the fire are likely to collapse. Some cracks have appeared at the buildings. Some walls have collapsed. I saw injured persons,” said the reporter.

An official of the department later said that there were injured people but they only sustained minor injuries.

The reporter also said he saw a group of firemen organized by Free Funeral Services Society (FFSS) came to assist the fire fighters.

“The fire was still burning inside so we have yet to investigate the cause of the fire,” said a firefighter.