Officials and witnesses reported that a fire broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of homes, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.
The fire broke out in Camp 16 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district where more than a million Rohingya refugees live, most of whom have fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar.
Last Sunday, a fire ripped into a COVID-19 treatment centre for refugees at another refugee camp in the district. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
Last March, a horrific fire raged through Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee settlement, killing at least 15 people and destroying over 10,000 shanties.
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