Showing posts with label Massive fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Massive fire. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Call for safety in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps after fatal fire

VOA
By Sarah Aziz
December 25, 2024 

A fire breaks out in the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Dec. 24, 2024. (Md. Jamal for VOA)

Kolkata, India —

Sitting before a pile of dilapidated shacks and ashes in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 80-year-old Rohingya refugee Amena Khatun began weeping as she talked about her 60-year-old son, Abul Hair.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

At least 11 dead as massive fire destroys thousands of homes in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps

CNN
By Rebecca Wright, Mitchell McCluskey, Salman Saeed and Salman Saeed,
March 23, 2021


 













Flames engulf a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bagladesh on Monday.

(CNN)A fire swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, killing at least eleven people, destroying homes and endangering the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, according to the Bangladesh government.

The fire destroyed at least 10,000 shelters as it tore through the camp, according to the Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) in Bangladesh.