Heartbreaking Tragedy: Four Members of a Family Drowns in Myanmar Creek

Yangon, Aug 11: Four members of a family, including a seven-month-old baby, drowned while bathing in a creek in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, an official from a rescue organisation said on Sunday.The incident occurred around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday in a creek in Meiktila town of Mandalay region, an official told Xinhua.The water in the creek is not very deep, about the height of an average person, he added.

The children's bodies were found immediately and taken to a local hospital, but the mother's body is still being searched for, he said. The family, which included the mother and her three children, resides on a farm where they live separately from others, said the official. The search operation is underway. Details are awaited.

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