A fire is seen at a Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh March 22, 2021 in this picture obtained from social media. Rohingya Right Team/Md Arakani/via REUTERS
DHAKA (Reuters) - A huge fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years.
Video and photographs showed a blaze ripping through the Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar. Black smoke billowed over burning shanties and tents as people scrambled to recover their possessions.
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