Rohingya camp fire leaves thousands homeless

Rohingya refugees search for their belongings in the ruins of a fire that destroyed more than 2,000 shelters in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo: AFP)


DHAKA: More than 12,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have been left homeless by a fire that swept through a camp at Cox’s Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh, the United Nations said.

More than 2,000 shelters and over 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in Sunday’s blaze, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).