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March 6, 2023

Huge Blaze in Cox's Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp Destroys Thousands of Homes
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In Bangladesh, a massive fire at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar has left
at least 12,000 Rohingya Muslims without shelter. Some 2,000 housing
structures, as well as health clinics, learning centers, water
distributing facilities and over two dozen mosques were destroyed by the
blaze. Many refugees returned to the site today to try to salvage some
of their belongings from the burnt rubble. Authorities say one person
has been detained in connection with the fire, which is still under
investigation. Cox's Bazar houses over 1 million Rohingya Muslims forced
to flee violent persecution in Burma beginning in 2017.


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