YANGON: One person died when a fire tore through a luxury teak wood hotel in Myanmar's main city Yangon on Thursday, destroying the iconic resort which is popular with foreign visitors.

Hundreds of firefighters tried to quell the blaze, which broke out at around 3am local time (2030 GMT), but were unable to stop the flames from consuming the lakeside Kandawgyi Palace Hotel.

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