The explosion occurred early in the day on Thursday.

It happened in the city of Yangon and 20 people lost their lives. The neighborhood where it happened is called Mingalar Taung Nyunt. It consist of mostly homes and is about 15 minutes from the central area of Yangon by car. Yangon use to be the capital city. The explosion hit a group of warehouses used by the government. They rent out the warehouses to private businesses.

The exact cause of the explosion is unknown at this time.

They do not believe the explosion to have come from man made bombs. It is more likely that it is the result of a size-able amount of sulfur, ammonia and sulfur trioxide. These three ingredients convert into sulfurous acid when water is added. These items were stored in the warehouses.

Residents Run from Explosions

Residents and others heard the explosion followed by more explosions. Many ran in what they had hoped was a safe way to go, but many made the wrong decision. Four of the people that died were fire fighters.

An Air Strike Takes the Lives of 35 People in SE Turkey

35 People Die

In the Sinat-Haftanin area in northern Iraq, a group of people were seen heading towards the border. Since the area is used by militants and is in an area where there are many militant training camps, they were thought to be terrorist. 35 people died when the air force used four planes to bomb them. One person survived the attack.

Smuggling Cigarettes

It is possible that it was a group of smugglers who were transporting cigarettes across the border. There have been indications found that showed the drones did identify the group as civilians but still carried out the bombing. There were many people killed that were family members. It is also noted that the bombing happened in an area of a large Kurdish group. Most of the people came from the border towns of Ortasu and Gulyazi. The people who were in the group that was approaching the border that day typically crossed the border to make purchases of fuel and sugar. They crossed to get things they needed. All of the dead were under 30 years of age. A few were sons of the guards in their village that had helped out the Turkish troops in their battles against the militants.

Terrorist known in the area

Since the area where the incident happened is also one used by militants and the training camps are near by too, it was thought that they were terrorist approaching the border. The area is kept under watch because of the terrorist activity. The bombing is being investigated.

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Tropical Storm

While many were sleeping, the water was rising unknowing to them. The area had been hit hard by Tropical Storm Washi. The storm dropped over the usual month of rain in only a 12 hour period on Mindanao. The trail the storm traveled is a rarely traveled one. A storm only travels that direction about once every 12 years.

As the water flowed down the mountains Friday night, many people awoke to water in their homes. They quickly grabbed up children trying to get to the roof of their homes or to neighboring homes to avoid the rising water. Many are missing. Whole villages were washed away. Victims have been left unclaimed possibly meaning that the whole family was swept away.

Victim of the storm

Children of families that survived are still looking for Christmas to happen. Parents are wondering how but plan on still doing their best to provide them with a Christmas celebration.

Most that died were in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Many bodies have been found floating on the shorelines on the north western coast line of Mindanao Island. They are thought to have been sleeping when the waters hit and drowned.

Tropical Storm Washi has left behind flooded streets full of debris, people in many areas have no electric or fresh water. Many people are now living in shelters where there is not enough room. There are approximately 100,000 people who have had to go to shelters, not able to return to their homes.

Washi has moved on, but other storms are lurking and may be bringing in even more rain to the already saturated area.

Indonesia Boat Heading For Australia Full of Migrants Sinks

It is possible that there were close to 400 people on board the boat bound for Australia’s Christmas Island. It is where many go go seek asylum.

The boat, made out of fiberglass, broke apart is the rough waves approximately 55 miles outside of Java. There were more than 250 people and possibly as many as 400 on board. They are thought to be from Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iran. At this time only 33 had been rescued according to reports. Fishermen found them hanging onto parts of the boat. Two children were found. Their ages are 8 and 10 years old. People rescued reported they had been in the water for over 5 hours.

Rescue operations are continuing for possible survivors, but the weather has made it hard to see if there are any out there still.

It is possible that only 20 or 30 people were able to get lifejackets on once the boat was known to be going down. The boat only had 25 lifejackets on board and it was reported that 9 of the jackets were given to crew members.

At this time, the number who have perished in the accident is unknown.

168 People Die from Drinking Toxic Moonshine in Eastern India

The people possibly responsible for the deaths of 168 people in West Bengal which is located in the eastern part of India, have been arrested. There are 10 people being held for selling the moonshine, which was illegally produced and was also toxic.

Many more people got very sick from drinking the moonshine which was sold for about 10 cents a pouch. A pouch contains  200 milliliter or less than 7 ounces. When the liquor is made in a legal way, the least it sells for is close to 70 cents for a 600 milliliter container.

More than 100 people had to be admitted into the hospital after drinking the moonshine. They found methanol in the bodies of the people who died after drinking it. The drink was appealing to the poor people of the area and they are the main ones who drank it.

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88 or More Die in India Hospital Fire

On Friday, in the eastern part of India, a hospital fire possibly took more than 88 lives. It was a 5 story hospital located in the city of Kolkata.

6 people who were employed by the hospital were arrested saying they neglected patients. Of the 88 that perished in the fire, most were not able to get out of their beds. They had also been left behind by most of the employees.

Videos showed rescue efforts. People being hurried out of the hospital by others wearing mask over their faces. A child that was no longer conscious being lowered down from a higher up floor by a rope. There were many people watching the tragic incident. Trying to comfort each other and talking over cell phones. There were others trapped inside that broke windows trying to get the smoke out and fresh air in.

There was one doctor and two attendants that died in the fire. The other 85 were all patients of the hospital.

Unable to get out of their beds to either open the windows or get out of the building, the patients that died did so from breathing in too much smoke.

The cause of the fire is yet unknown, but discovery of many hospital violations has raised concerns. Parking cars, storing medical equipment plus finding an oncology area all located in the basement is definitely not right. The hospital lost their license once these violations were found.

24 Students Injured in Bus Accident

In Fawn Grove Pennsylvania, 45 elementary school students were riding a school bus when it abruptly curved causing them to hit their heads.

It was thought that the bus had hit a pothole in the road, but after the PennDOT investigated, they found no pothole in the area.

After the incident, the bus continued on to the school. Once there 10 of the children had to be taken to the hospital by an ambulance. Others were taken on small buses along with EMT’s on board.

The children are thought to not have experiences severe injuries. They were mostly shook up from the incident and had only minor bumps on their heads.

The children hurt in this incident where the driver must have kept control of the bus is an example of how it would be a good idea to have seat belts on school buses.

18 People Die in Syria Encounters

There were 11 people who died in the areas of Homs and Hama while 2 others died in encounters between military and army defectors in Idlib, Idlib is a province located in the northern parts of Syria. On Sunday, it was noted that 2 of the dead were children.

Authorities have been said to have faced members of a group of violent army defectors. It has been estimated by the UN that there have been more than 4,000 deaths over the duration of this 9 months of clashes. Among the dead are reports of 307 children. Sundays battle is being said to be one of the largest battles during this 9 months of revolts. Many business’s closed and children had a day off from school as Busra was being rampaged by machine guns firing from tanks. One lady told how it was upsetting her children and they were crying.

Since Syria doesn’t permit open access to the media of other countries, these numbers cannot be verified.

There were also protest in Jordan at the Syrian embassy located in the capital of Amman. This protest did turn violent. It is the first time that protest have gone violent there. There were other encounters near the border of Jordan in the southern parts. Again the clashes were between armed forces and defectors.

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