DHAKA, Jan 8 (NNN-BSS) – Nearly 7,000 Rohingyas have become homeless overnight, after a fire blazed through a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, in the early hours of Sunday, the UN Refugee Agency said in a statement.
According to the statement, nearly 800 shelters are feared to have been destroyed, which started around 01:00 a.m. and was brought under control by 4:00 a.m.. No casualties have been reported.
Additionally, it said, around 93 shelters were partially damaged, and around 120 facilities, including learning centres, mosques, healthcare centres, latrines, bathing facilities, water points, and solar street lights, were destroyed or damaged.
The Rohingyas displaced by the fire are temporarily taking shelter within the camp’s community centres, including in temporary communal shelters, and are being provided with emergency food assistance, including fortified biscuits and hot meals.
More than one million displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar are living in Cox’s Bazar, some 400 km south-east of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.– NNN-BSS
