Troops from Myanmar’s junta reportedly torched mining equipment near Hmawsizar village in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township on the morning of 3 June, prompting fears and displacement among local residents. According to local sources, a backhoe, two earthmoving trucks, and a guardhouse at the 111 Mining Site were set ablaze around 8 am. The equipment had been brought to the site by junta forces the previous evening. Witnesses said the same soldiers then moved toward nearby Aung Ya village by 11:30 am and allegedly ignited another fire there.