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Rush to support Rohingya fire victims in Bangladesh
Caritas joins relief effort as about 3,500 are left homeless by huge blaze at refugee camp
A massive fire engulfs Nayapara refugee camp early on Jan. 14, leaving more than 500 makeshift shelters burned and over 3,500 Rohingya homeless. (Photo: Yassin Abdumonab)
State authorities and charities including Caritas have rushed to support thousands of Rohingya refugees in a Bangladeshi camp after a massive fire razed hundreds of makeshift shelters.
A devastating fire engulfed Block E of Nayapara camp in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar district early on Jan. 14, leaving more than 500 homes gutted and about 3,500 refugees homeless.
UN, Caritas Bangladesh aid Rohingya refugees after deadly fire
United Nations agencies and Caritas Bangladesh have swung into action to help Rohingya refugees who lost their homes and everything they owned in a 14 January fire in their camp in Nayapara.
By Vatican News staff writer
A massive fire that broke out early Thursday morning in a refugee camp for Rohingya in south-east Bangladesh, has gutted more than 500 homes and 150 shops, leaving over 3,500 refugees homeless.
No deaths were reported in the fire in the Nayapara refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, said an official from the state-run Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission (RRRC). Several people were injured before firefighters, police and soldiers put down the fire.