Balukhali Rohingya camp in Bangladesh on fire

On March 5, 2023, while seeing the scene of a fire in Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Reuters Bangladesh Refugees told RFA that more than 2,000 homes were lost when a fire broke out at Balukkhali Rohingya Refugee Camp No. 11 in Cox's Bazar at 2:40 p.m. on March 5.

school Hospitals and religious buildings were also burnt down and there were about ten thousand fire victims. The fire burned for two hours, said a resident of Balukkhali refugee camp.

Currently, some refugees are sheltering in nearby houses, while others are gathering on the streets outside the refugee camp, he said.

According to the initial report, they are saying that it was a fire, and the refugees said that it has not been confirmed whether there are any dead or injured people due to the fire.