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Bangladesh: ‘massive’ fire in Rohingya refugee camps forces 20,000 to flee

  • 1 million who fled Myanmar live in camps in Cox’s Bazar
  • No reports of deaths or injuries so far

At least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze engulfing shanty homes at refugee camps in south-eastern Bangladesh, officials said on Monday, in the third fire to hit the settlements in four days.

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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