When I ask one of them, Tin Tun Maung, about policy debate and decision-making, an acetylene anger flares in his eyes.

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Two neighbouring homes were evacuated and a 200m exclusion zone was put in place amid fears there are acetylene cylinders inside the buildings.

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The less patient turn to looting, easily sidestepping the shipping containers that were lined up as makeshift security fences, or using acetylene torches to cut through a gate put up by the Army.

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According to Popular Mechanics, the robots are only being used to put out fires involving Acetylene gas, which had previously simply been left to burn themselves out due to the risk of explosions.

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