ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> STORY: At least 17 people died and 80 were injured in an unexplained explosion in an eastern suburb of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, at about 2:00 a.m on Thursday (1930 GMT on Wednesday), police said.<br/> Witnesses had earlier said about 50 dead bodies had been found, but a police officer said 12 men and five women had been confirmed dead as of 6:00 a.m. Witnesses heard one big explosion then several smaller ones.<br/> The shock from the loud explosion, apparently in a storage warehouse in Sat San Ward in Mingalar Taungnyunt, was felt by many people in eastern and central Yangon.<br/> Fire engines from all parts of Yangon were at the scene, witnesses said. Fire was reported to have spread to a nearby shipyard and factories.
