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Blast kills dozens in rebel-held village in Myanmar
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- A source familiar with the situation on the ground in Kaung Tat, a village in Namkham Township in Shan State, near the Chinese border, said 25 women and 30 men had died.
- Rescue teams were searching for and extracting people trapped beneath rubble, the source added.
- The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), which controls the area and which has been engaged in bitter fighting with Myanmar's military junta, said explosives used in mining and quarrying had exploded.
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Patrick Jacksonand BBC Burmese Shwe Phee Myay/BBCAn explosion has killed at least 55 people and wounded dozens more in a village in a region of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, under insurgent control, the BBC has been told.
A source familiar with the situation on the ground in Kaung Tat, a village in Namkham Township in Shan State, near the Chinese border, said 25 women and 30 men had died. Other reports gave slightly different casualty figures.
Rescue teams were searching for and extracting people trapped beneath rubble, the source added.
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