A massive fire at a crammed camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh left thousands of the refugees homeless Sunday, a fire official and the United Nations said
Massive Fire at Rohingya Refugee Camp Leaves Thousands Homeless
No casualties were reported at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, said Emdadul Haque, a fire service official. More than 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar over several decades, including about 740,000 who crossed the border starting in August 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown.
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