Fire guts 20 tents, health centre in Rohingya camp


FE Team | Published: January 02, 2022 21:47:24 | Updated: January 03, 2022 17:31:43


Fire guts 20 tents, health centre in Rohingya camp

A fire broke out at the Rohingya refugee camp at Kutupalong in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, gutting at least 20 tents and a health centre, officials said.

The fire erupted around 8:00 am in extended mega camp-20 and burnt the tents and the health centre, operated by International Organization for Migration (IOM), said Md Shamsu-Ddouza Nayan, Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (deputy secretary).

The cause of the fire was not immediately known, said Naimul Haque, commander of Armed Police Battalion-14 (APBn), reports UNB.

No casualties were reported in the fire, said Naimul Haque, APBn-14 commander.

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