Hundreds homeless after fire guts Rohingya refugee camp
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New Delhi: A large fire tore through a crowded Rohingya camp in the Cox s Bazar area of Bangladesh on Thursday, destroying hundreds of ramshackle shelters and forcing thousands of displaced Muslim refugees to flee in the northern winter chill.
The blaze claimed no lives but left hundreds of people without homes, according to aid workers and officials. It struck at a time when officials in Bangladesh look for long-term solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed its border from Myanmar in recent years.
Massive fire at Bangladesh s Rohingya camp leaves hundreds of refugees homeless ANI | Updated: Jan 14, 2021 17:42 IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 14 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at the Nayapara Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh s Cox s Bazar, leaving hundreds of people homeless.
At least 500 makeshift dwellings were gutted in the fire at the refugee camp in Teknaf. However, no casualties were reported in the incident, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Md Shamsud Douza informed that the fire broke out at 3 am on Thursday. After about two hours, the fire brigade was able to bring the fire under control at 5 am. Meanwhile, at least 500 Rohingya houses in the camp were completely burnt down, he said.