Bangladesh market fire took lives of three Rohingya men

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DHAKA, 2 April, 2021 (TON): On Friday, fighter fighters said that three Rohingya men died after a blaze gutted shops at a makeshift market near a refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district.

Near Kutupalong refugee camp, the bodies found in one of the 20 shops where fire broke out, fire brigade official Khisha Khoi Marma told the media.

The accident occurred near the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps in the district, nearly 325 km south-east of the capital Dhaka

According to Emdadul Haq, head of the local Fire Service and Civil Defence department, an electrical fault could have caused the blaze.

However, the official confirmed that an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the fire.

 

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