Clashes between the Burmese junta and resistance groups raged along the Thai-Myanmar border.

The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) bombarded Myanmar's military stationed on a strategic military base near Thailand's Tak province, on March 9.

Footage shows explosions rattling the mountainous border as the weeks-long fighting intensified.

KNLA troops blitzed the army base with heavy weapons and grenades, sparking a violent exchange of gunfire. Myanmar's military retaliated by deploying fighter jets that dropped bombs near the Thai border to defend their position.

The explosions rattled nearby Thai villages, sparking the evacuation of around 467 Burmese villagers into Thailand.

Thai authorities said they scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to protect the airspace in the area.

A local district official said: 'We have brought in security forces to protect the safety of all the groups fleeing the fighting. We have also distributed food and drinking water as initial humanitarian assistance.

'The situation is still uncertain. It is expected that the KNLA troops will continue to attack with heavy weapons to invade the Myanmar military base.'

Myanmar has fallen into civil war following the removal of democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, with a military coup in 2021.

Soldiers responded with barbaric force on protesting civilians leading to widespread condemnation and financial sanctions. Rebel groups and civilian militias around the country have since been locked in a series of ongoing clashes with the ruling military.

Aung San Suu Kyi has since been jailed for 33 years on politically motivated charges and is likely to die behind bars unless the army is toppled - a tragic end the politician hailed by Barack Obama as an 'inspirational icon of democracy'.