March 2021 Rohingya refugee-camp fire

When

22 Mar 2021

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

21.19° N, 92.16° E

Description

rohingya refugee camp fire in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugee camp fire in Bangladesh

On 22 March 2021, a fire that had started during the late afternoon in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, destroyed a large portion of the camp, killed over a dozen people, and left nearly a thousand injured or missing. Thought to have begun when gas cylinders used for cooking exploded, 100 firemen fought the blaze, which burned for around eight hours until midnight.

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