yangon eight villages burn friday part northwest myanmar large number muslim rohingya shelter wave violence engulf area witness three source brief matter tell reuters fire blaze ethnically mix rathedaung township populations rohingya muslims rakhine buddhists live side side today around p.m. saw smoke come villages burn ... saw chin village stay say villager area contact reuters phone unclear set fire villages independent journalists allow area myanmar say security force carry clearance operations defend extremist terrorists right monitor flee rohingya say army rakhine vigilantes unleash campaign arson aim drive muslim population burn villages likely fuel exodus rohingya neighbor bangladesh nearly 270,000 flee less two weeks create humanitarian crisis myanmar leader aung san suu kyi say thursday government best protect everyone draw criticism around world fail speak violence muslim minority include call revoke 1991 nobel peace prize rathedaung site late fire furthest rohingya-inhabited area border bangladesh humanitarian workers concern large number muslims trap blaze confirm source include two monitor network informants grind local journalist base nearby town buthidaung say among torch villages hamlets ah htet nan yar auk nan yar 65 km 40 miles north sittwe capital rakhine state one source say camp internally displace people area also go flame one source say 300 400 rohingya escape burn shelter ah htet nan yar day fire break escape start source say quote eyewitness villagers hide forest attempt perilous days-long journey foot monsoon rain toward maungdaw region west river naf separate myanmar bangladesh late flight rohingya home myanmar begin two weeks ago rohingya insurgents attack several police post rakhine trigger army counter-offensive least 400 people kill new fire ravage rohingya villages northwest myanmar source