A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's southern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, gutting more than 1,000 shelters and leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said Sunday. The fire broke out around midnight on Saturday at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya and spread quickly, fanned by strong winds, Shafiqul Islam, head of the Ukhiya Fire Station, told The Associated Press. “We took about two hours to get the blaze under control, engaging 10 fire units from Ukhiya and other stations in the district.”