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UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingya refugees left without shelter, after a devastating fire tore through a crowded refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh on Thursday.
The fire erupted shortly after midnight on Thursday (local time) in the Nayapara refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, gutting about 550 shelters and 150 shops. A community centre is also said to have been destroyed.
This week, a large fire broke out in the #Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, #Bangladesh. There were no casualties, but 3500 people were affected and 550 shelters &150 shops were destroyed.
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Fire at Rohingya Camp
Diplomatic Correspondent
16 January, 2021 12:00 AM
UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingyas after a devastating fire tore through a crowded camp in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, leaving them homeless.
The fire erupted shortly after midnight on Thursday in Nayapara Rohingya camp in the district, gutting about 550 shelters and 150 shops. A community centre is also said to have been destroyed.
About 3,500 Rohingyas, including children, lost their homes and belongings in the blaze in the middle of the winter and amid the coronavirus pandemic, UN agencies said.
No lives were lost, and the fire was brought under control in a few hours by firefighters, volunteers and refugees. The Nayapara camp hosts about 22,500 refugees, of whom about 17,800 are women, children and the elderly.