YANGON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A rock-loaded train was hit by a mine explosion on the Yangon-Mawlamyine railway section in Mon State, southern Myanmar, according to the Mon State government.

No one was injured, but a section of the train track was cut off, an official from the state government told Xinhua on Sunday.

A freight train was also hit by mines on the Mandalay-Yangon railway section in the Bago Region in a similar incident on Friday. ■