On 7 September 2026, at about 12:47 p.m, a fire broke out at a two-storey residential building that owned by U Khin Maung Lwin, aged 55, located on Zeyya Road, No. (4) Ward, Loilem, Shan State. According to the report, a mobile phone had been left charging in a room on the upper floor, and overheating caused the fire to start. Upon receiving the report, firefighters from Loilem District/Township Fire Station responded to the scene with one command vehicle, three fire engines, and two water bowsers and carried out firefighting operations. The fire was successfully extinguished at approximately 1:30 p.m. As a result of the fire, the upper floor of the 28 feet by 40 feet, two-storey residential building with a corrugated iron roof, brick walls, and wooden flooring, and the upper floor of another two-storey residential building measuring 25 feet by 25 feet, with a corrugated iron roof, wooden walls, and wooden flooring, were destroyed by fire. In total, the upper floors of two residential buildings were damaged by fire. It was further reported that legal action was taken against U Khin Maung Lwin, aged 55, the owner of the property, by Loilem Myoma Police Station under Case No. (P) 20/2026, pursuant to Section 285 of the Penal Code.


