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'Noble work' of Buddhist cremations after Myanmar quake

Three days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, rescue teams focused on urban Mandalay, where apartment complexes were flattened, a Buddhist religious complex was eviscerated, and hotels crumpled.
The earthquake caused widespread devastation, leading to a death toll of 2,056.
Ambulances transported approximately 300 bodies, including over 100 on Sunday alone, to the crematorium in the Kyar Ni Kan neighborhood on the outskirts of Mandalay, forcing workers to work six hours overtime as more people remained buried.
Khin Myo Swe's grandchild, an unnamed baby born after her pregnant mother was knocked over by the quake while working in a paddy field and who later died in a Mandalay hospital on Monday, was the 39th body delivered that day to be cremated for less than $1.50.
Nay Htet Lin, the 43-year-old head of a four-man crew who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told AFP his crew brought in around 80 bodies since the quake, calling it 'noble work,' and said, 'We are doing what other people cannot,' acknowledging the sadness and suffering of those affected.

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'Noble work' of Buddhist cremations after Myanmar quake

The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named.

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