Online Desk :
Eight people including three children died after a massive fire broke out at Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar on Monday afternoon. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Eleven thousand houses of Rohingyas and several hundred houses of local people were gutted in the fire. Md Atiqul Islam, Superintendent of Police and also Commander of the Armed Police Battalion, said he was informed about the deaths of eight people in the fire.
Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Ukhiya Upazila Nirbahi Officer, said it is suspected that houses of 11 thousand Rohingya people were gutted in the fire. Houses of more than hundred local people were also gutted.
To be noted, a massive fire broke out at Balukhali 8-E and W No. Rohingya camp around 4pm on Monday.
