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Thousands of Rohingya left homeless after yet another fire breaks out in Bangladesh refugee camp

A man tries to put out the fire destroying his shelter on March 5, 2023 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © Ro Yassin Abdumonab

An immense fire destroyed a large section of a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sunday afternoon, leaving thousands of people without shelter in this camp that is home to around a million Rohingya refugees.

The fire broke out in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar on the afternoon of Sunday, March 5. Images posted on social media show hundreds of homes reduced to cinders as well as families fleeing the fire, carrying the belongings they managed to grab.

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