YANGON—Water from a breached dam flooded communities on Aug. 29 in central Burma, also known as Myanmar, and blocked part of a highway linking the main cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital Naypyitaw, fire officials said.
A fire brigade was dispatched to the Swar irrigation dam after it breached at 5:30 a.m. (2300 GMT), sending water into the nearby town of Swar and two villages.
