Around 1,000 shelters were gutted in a fire that broke out at Camp 5 of the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya on Saturday night.
No casualties were reported in the incident.
Ukhiya police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shamim Hossein said that the fire originated at Block A of Camp No. 5 and spread to four blocks.
Upon receiving the information, Fire Service teams rushed to the spot and doused the fire.
The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.