- The fire is taking place in the refugee camp in the city of Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh. The camp is very vulnerable and 2,000 cabins have been destroyed and another 90 facilities. According to the United Nations, there have been no injuries or deaths.
Fires are frequent in Rohing refugee camps in Bangladesh. The last one happened on Sunday in Cox's Baza, south of the country. Tens of thousands of poor shelters and other facilities have been destroyed and thick clouds of black smoke have been created around.
There are millions of Rohingis refugees who have had to flee the country because of the persecution of the rulers of Myanmar. The camp is very vulnerable due to the scarcity of facilities, the massification and the fragile wooden, bamboo and plastic slums covering the area.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has declared that the 12,000 Rohingys have lost everything again. Likewise, 90 facilities, hospitals and schools have been destroyed. A minimum of 35 mosques and 21 centres have been lost in this computation. The wounded and deaths have not yet been reported.
Impact of the massive fire in the camps in Bangladesh on 5 March: 2,000 shelters damaged or destroyed 12,000 Rohingya refugees who lost everything again 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres burnt down pic.twitter.com/qdoeS3zqfm
March 5, 2023
It's not the first fire.
Fires are frequent in Rohing refugee camps. In February, the Ministry of Defence of Bangladesh reported that between January 2021 and December 2022 there were 222 such incidents, of which 60 were intentionally encouraged according to the study.
The most serious casualty occurred in March 2021, with 15 deaths and 50,000 shipments, according to the UN count.