Massive fire at crammed Rohingya camp in Bangladesh leaves thousands homeless

‘12,000 Rohingya refugees lost everything again’

Sravasti Dasgupta
Tuesday 07 March 2023 10:26 GMT
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Fire blazes through crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh were rendered homeless after a fire raged through the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar/

Two thousand shelters were damaged or destroyed in the blaze on Sunday evening, said UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency.

“Impact of the massive fire in the camps in Bangladesh on 5 March: 2,000 shelters damaged or destroyed.

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