Bangladesh: ‘massive’ fire in Rohingya refugee camps forces 50,000 to flee

• 1 million who fled Myanmar live in camps in Cox’s Bazar
• Seven people feared dead, officials say

Bangladesh has launched an investigation into a huge blaze that ripped through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp and forced at least 50,000 people to flee. Seven people are feared dead in the biggest fire to hit the shanty settlement to date.

Nearly 1 million of the Muslim minority from Myanmar live in cramped and squalid conditions at the camps in the Cox’s Bazar district, with many fleeing a military crackdown in their homeland in 2017.

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