<img title="Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.embassy.fire.irpt_216150042.jpg&amp;size=article_medium" src="http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.embassy.fire.irpt_216150042.jpg&amp;size=article_medium" alt="Fire hits Myanmar embassy in Bangkok">
										
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								<span>A fire destroyed a floor at Myanmar's embassy in the Thai capital on Monday.<br><br>Four
 fire engines rushed to the embassy as plumes of smoke rose from inside 
the walled compound, located in a busy business district of Bangkok. The
 blaze was put out in about one hour. No injuries were reported.<br><br>A
 fire brigade official, Anupon Saengdara, said the cause was not known. 
But a man at the embassy identifying himself only as a consular official
 said faulty wiring sparked the fire.<br><br>Pol. Lt. Thanapat Sirawong 
said the blaze engulfed the second floor of the embassy's main, 
colonial-style building, totally damaging the floor and sections of the 
roof.<br><br>The area outside the compound is the site of frequent but 
peaceful demonstrations by Myanmar activists against the military regime
 in their neighboring homeland.<br><br>The visa section of the embassy 
is located in the building that caught fire. In the last three weeks, 
aid workers and others often crowded into the section trying to obtain 
hard-to-get visas to isolationist Myanmar to help victims of a 
devastating cyclone.</span>
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