Thousands homeless as fire sweeps through Rohingya refugee camp

About 1,200 shelters destroyed by blaze in Bangladesh camp housing nearly 1m people who fled military crackdown in Myanmar

A fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in south-east Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of shelters and forcing refugees to break through wire fencing to reach safety.

“About 1,200 houses were burned in the fire,” said Kamran Hossain, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Battalion, which heads security in the camp.

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