A fire ripped through a luxury hotel in a notorious scam hub in Myanmar.

The blaze broke out on the top floor of the 10-storey building in the border city of Shwe Kokko, which known as 'Scam City' for housing suspected call centre fraud compounds.

Footage shows plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky as firefighters raced to extinguish the flames in Myawaddy, on March 20.

The local fire department said the inferno was contained to the 10th floor, and no injuries were reported. Officials said they were investigating the cause of the incident.

The Burmese government has repatriated thousands of alleged Chinese and Indian workers from call centre scam compounds in the region this month.

Thai and Burmese police had carried out raids of suspected scam compounds in Myawaddy on February 18.

Thousands of workers, some of whom were believed to have been victims of human trafficking, were detained.

Thailand, China, and Myanmar have been co-ordinating to crack down on the organised crime centres carrying out romance scams, illegal gambling, and fake investment schemes.

The Thai government last month had cut power to border towns in a bid to starve the boiler room gangs, which have sprouted along the border near the notoriously crime-ridden Golden Triangle region.