It was not immediately clear how many children were among the dead.
Most of them escaped by running out of a door after police knocked it open, he said.
Fire crews put out the blaze and the building is reported to be badly burned but intact.
13 die in devastating fire in Muslim orphanage school in Yangon, Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar, April 2: A fire at a Muslim school in Myanmar's main city Yangon has killed at least 13 people including children, officials say.Police officers said the fire was caused by an electrical fault
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It was not immediately clear how many children were among the dead.
Most of them escaped by running out of a door after police knocked it open, he said.
Fire crews put out the blaze and the building is reported to be badly burned but intact.
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