At least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while at least 400 remain missing, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. “It is massive, it is devastating,” said UNHCR’s Johannes Van der Klaauw, who joined a Geneva briefing virtually
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Rohingya camp fire: Death toll climbs to 7
At least seven people, including two children, were killed in a fire that broke out at the Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Monday. The identities of the deceased are yet to be established, police said Tuesday. Shahadat Hossain, an officer of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and