Fire at Rohingya camp kills two, displaces thousands in Bangladesh


Illustrative photo. - UNHCR

DHAKA: At least two people were killed when a fire broke out in an overcrowded Rohingya refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh, officials said on Tuesday (Dec 24), with a child among the victims.

More than 600 huts were destroyed, with an estimated 3,000 camp residents losing their homes. Those affected were being accommodated in school buildings or had been taken in by relatives, the officials said.

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