‘I pray to God, we find my son’: Rohingya survivors tell of horror inside Bangladesh camp inferno

Hundreds of people remain missing after the blaze at the Kutupalong-Balukhali camp, and those who survived say they have lost everything, reports Shayma Bakht

A Rohingya woman with her child at a refugee camp (Reuters)

Rohingya refugees are continuing the search for family members after an inferno swept through a refugee camp in the coastal town of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Monday. Four hundred are missing and 15 have been confirmed dead, the UN has said.

This morning, among the rubble and ash, bodies were being wrapped in white cloth as Islamic funerals were held in memory of those lost to the blaze. Officials continue to investigate the source of the fire in the Kutupalong-Balukhali camp, where at least 560 people have been injured.

Mohammad Islam, 48, has not seen his nine-year-old son since Monday morning. The child was last seen at an Islamic school based in the camp.