Three killed, nine injured by lightning strikes in southern Shan State and Mon State over two days

Three killed and nine injured by lightning strikes in southern Shan State and Mon State within two days

November 6

Two people were killed and five injured by lightning strikes on the same day in Pinlaung Township and Heho Town, southern Shan State, it is learned.

Around 3 pm on November 5, a man aged 57 was killed and a woman was injured when sudden thundershowers broke out and lightning struck a potato field in Phayar Phyu Village, Loi Maw Village Tract, Pinlaung Township, and local residents helped transport the injured to Ti Kyi Hospital, it is learned.

"The potato field is like open ground, so it was within the lightning strike zone. The rain wasn't heavy; clouds suddenly gathered and lightning struck just as the rain fell," a local resident said.

Similarly, around 1:30 pm on November 5, two men aged 33 and a woman from Hti Ta Li Village, Sin Taung Village Tract, Pinlaung Township, were weeding a tomato field beside the Pinlaung-Hti Ta Li road in Yin Hmi Ward, Pinlaung Township, when lightning struck, killing one man and injuring the other two, who had to be rushed to Pinlaung Hospital, it is learned.

"A husband and wife and her brother could not escape the lightning strike zone; all three were hit. Khun Moe Thein Zaw, aged 33, died on the spot. The remaining husband and wife lost consciousness and were injured; they are hospitalized. On November 4 as well, four people were hospitalized after lightning struck a field next to where this happened. Just this evening, lightning struck U Maung Aye's house in Phayar Me Village, destroying all the electrical appliances in the house, but no one died. These days we are being struck by lightning continuously," a local resident said.

Similarly, around 4 pm on November 5, two men were injured by a lightning strike while farming in a paddy field in Chaung Ni Taung Village, Baw Nin Village Tract, Heho Town, Shan State, when heavy rain fell and lightning struck, it is learned.

Also, around 2 pm on November 4, three children aged about 4 and 8 were playing near a pile of straw in Kwin Thit Quarter, Ka Doik Kalay Village, Thaton Township, Mon State, when lightning struck, and Maung Nyi Thu, aged 4, turned blue all over and died, it is learned.

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