Members of the Myanmar’s military security force patrol a street in Yangon on Feb 1, 2024. (PHOTO / AFP)

YANGON - Three people, including two children, were killed in an explosion in Hmawbi township of Yangon region on Saturday, local authorities said.

The blast occurred around 4 pm local time on Saturday near a bus stop on Yangon-Pyay Road in Hmawbi township of Yangon region, an official from the Hmawbi township administration office told Xinhua on Saturday.

Due to the explosion at a garbage heap near the bus stop, a female waste picker and two children died on the spot, he said.

A total of nine explosions occurred in the Yangon region from Wednesday to Saturday, resulting in the deaths of four people and injuries to eight others, according to local police.