Myanmar sends police to protect damaged temples

The Fire Department and authorities scrambled to assess the full extent of the damage from the 6.8 magnitude quake that shook buildings across the Southeast Asian country on Wednesday. But the overall damage and impact on local residents appeared limited, government officials said. Most reports were of damage to the famed pagodas in central Myanmar, particularly around Bagan, and smaller, basic buildings. Red Cross officials said they received reports of three people who died in the tremor - two children and one resident from two towns close to the epicentre.