### [2026-05-31](/feed/2026/05/31/index.md)

##### 2026 Namhkam Township explosion
# More than 46 people are killed, including six children, and 74 others are injured in an explosion at a building storing explosives for mining in Namhkam Township, Shan State, Myanmar. 




### Sources:

1. [CTV News](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/rescuers-say-a-blast-at-a-building-storing-explosives-in-myanmar-has-killed-more-than-45-people/)

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