BBC News
October 22, 2006
Reports from the town say government troops and fighters from the Islamic Courts Union, which controls most of Somalia, are massing in the area.
Many residents are fleeing for fear of further fighting.
Burhakaba, is close to the transitional government's stronghold of Baidoa and on the main road to Mogadishu.
Residents in Burhakaba have said that Ethiopian soldiers were involved in Saturday's attack by forces loyal to the government - a claim made by the Islamists on Saturday.
But the transitional government has repeated its denial that it has any Ethiopian troops with it other than advisers.
Ethiopia denies having troops in Somalia but says it has sent advisers.
The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has consolidated its control over much of southern Somalia after seizing Mogadishu in June.
Somalia has been in the grip of warlords and militias for years and has not had a functioning national government since 1991.
Source: BBC, Oct. 22, 2006