The blaze in Bangladesh has left at least 12,000 people - mainly Rohingya refugees - without shelter.
The blaze was brought under control within three hours but at least 35 mosques and 21 learning centres for the refugees were also destroyed, he added.Many of those who lived there can be seen picking through the charred area, where only metal struts and singed corrugated roofing remains.Hrusikesh Harichandan, from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told the BBC there had been "massive damage" to the camp."My shelter was gutted.
Delivering basic services to those people in other parts of the camp would also be a challenge because many services - health clinics, schools - have been destroyed. The refugee camp houses people who fled from Myanmar following a military crackdown against the Rohingya ethnic minority.
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