Four people died when a CNG gas tank of a public air corn bus exploded
in Rangoon today morning. The dead and the injured have been removed to
hospital.

The explosion occurred at 10 am near the diamond jubilee hall of Rangoon University in Pyay Road Kamayut Township.

According to an eyewitness at the Hletan traffic point, "The bus caught
fire after the explosion. The glass windows were shattered."

The bus was from line No-45, 4 Khakway-5481 and carrying passengers from Sule to Shwe Pyi Tha.

The eyewitness said the bus was charred.

Traffic policemen pulled away the bus with the help of a crane to the police station, a Rangoon resident said.

The resident said CNG gas tank was on the lower part at the rear of the
bus. The blast occurred during peak hours when people were going to
office and students were on their way to school. Some students could
have been injured in the explosion.

According to a Rangoon resident, a bus had exploded in 2006 but no one died then.