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.