A fire gutted a luxury hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar's biggest city -Yangon on Thursday morning, causing one death.

Firefighters who carried a body out of the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel said the victim was male. It was unclear if others were killed or injured. Local media reported a woman from Macau was hospitalized in critical condition.

Photos and video posted online show the spectacular blaze racing through the traditional Burmese-style building before dawn.

Smoke was still rising from the remains of the lakeside hotel hours after daybreak, and dozens of firefighters were at the site.

Source: Khaleej Times