<span style="color: black;">The death toll in the Rohingya refugee camp fire that took place late on Monday has gone up to 15. </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''Another 400 are still missing adn 560 are injured, said the UN Refugee agency on Tuesday. </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''The UNHCR said that it is rushing to provide critical support and protection to some 45,000 Rohingya refugees who lost their shelter and belongings in the devastating fire. </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''At least 10,000 shelters are estimated to have been destroyed or damaged but the figures are expected to climb in the coming days as assessments continue.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''A massive fire swept through the Rohingya refugee camp at Uikhya in Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh on Monday rendering thousands of people homeless. </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''The started at the Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar late on Monday. </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''As the fire erupted, people from the camp started running with their belongings recovered from their homes in the refugee camp.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''Witnesses said that barbed fencing around the camp prevented people from escaping the fire causing casualties, reports Reuters.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''The fire at the Cox's Bazar refugee camp was the third in the last few days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''Bangladeshi officials have started investigating the cause of the massive fire.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"><br />''The refugee camps at Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh accommodate over a million Rohingyas who fled the military crackdown in the Rakhine province of Myanmar in 2017.</span>
News On AIR | March 23, 2021 9:01 PM
Death toll goes up to 15 in Rohingya Camp fire in Bangladesh