Dhaka: At least one Rohingya child has died after a fire destroyed more than 100 homes at the refugee camp in the south-eastern Bangladeshi district of Cox’s Bazar, officials said on Tuesday.
Fire Service and Civil Defence department official Zahed Chowdhury said the charred body of the four-year-old boy was found in the debris after firefighters doused the flames that broke out in one of the sprawling refugee camps in Ukhiya sub-district in the afternoon. The accident occurred nearly 325 kilometres south-east of the capital Dhaka.
The cause of the fire could not immediately be identified, said Chowdhury, adding that it might have been started by a gas stove used for cooking. (dpa)
Fire Service and Civil Defence department official Zahed Chowdhury said the charred body of the four-year-old boy was found in the debris after firefighters doused the flames that broke out in one of the sprawling refugee camps in Ukhiya sub-district in the afternoon. The accident occurred nearly 325 kilometres south-east of the capital Dhaka.
The cause of the fire could not immediately be identified, said Chowdhury, adding that it might have been started by a gas stove used for cooking. (dpa)