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.