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50 homes and several shops were gutted in a fire at Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya.
The fire broke out at 11:30am on Friday (24 May) at the Tanzimarkhola Rohingya camp in Ukhiya's Palongkhali union, said Shamsu-Douza Noyon, the additional refugee relief and repatriation commissioner.
It was brought under control around 12:45pm after an all-out effort of four units of the fire service.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
It was known, around 11:30am, a fire broke out in the market area of the Tanzimarkhola Rohingya camp, quickly spreading to the surrounding areas. Upon hearing the news, two units from the Ukhiya fire service were dispatched to the scene.
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