- NEW: The cause of the blast is unlikely to have been a bomb, a police official says
- NEW: A witness reports hearing a 'very big, loud noise of explosion' before fleeing
- The explosion occurs in a residential neighborhood of Yangon
- The site is a warehouse compound
(CNN) -- An explosion early Thursday rocked a neighborhood in the city of Yangon killing 20 people and injuring more than 95, Myanmar's state-run television MR TV reported.
The blast occurred in Mingalar Taung Nyunt, a mainly residential area about a 15 minute-drive from central Yangon, the country's former capital. It struck a compound of warehouses that the government rents out to private businesses.
"I can't tell what is the exact cause of the incident but it is unlikely from man-made bombs," said a police official, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The authorities are investigating the explosion, he said.
Win Tun, who lives near the warehouses, said she heard a "very big, loud noise of explosion," which prompted startled residents to try to flee.
"Some people ran in the wrong way. I didn't know where to run to," she said, adding that the initial blast was followed by a string of other explosions.
The dead include four firefighters, MR TV reported.
The strength of the explosion shattered the windows of nearby houses.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/qm3mWDTfnoM/index.html
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