After the coup, nearly 100,000 homes were burned : Myanmar

On July 24, Data for Myanmar, which monitors and records the arson attacks, reported that approximately 100,000 civilian homes (95,450) were destroyed due to arson by the military council during the more than three years of the coup.

In the first six months of 2024, the number of houses destroyed by fire was about 15,000.

In the last month of June, Mandalay Region, Sagaing Division Every Sunday It is said that more than a thousand (1,109) civilian homes in Magway and Chin State were burned down.

The city that was destroyed by fire There were 270 villages, and in Sagaing, 70 percent of the total number of houses were destroyed by fire.

It is also reported that the number of houses destroyed by fire in Rakhine state has increased this year.

The military council has not released anything about this information.

Residents of Sagaing and Magwe had their homes burned down. Those who are helping war-affected refugees told RFA that it is becoming difficult for them to live and eat because they are facing floods again while they are fleeing their homes due to military operations.