Refugee Camp: Fire guts office of an int’l NGO

Fire gutted the office of Relief International, an international NGO, at Leda Rohingya Camp at Hnila union in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila early yesterday.

Mukul Kumar Nath, an official of Teknaf Fire Service, said the source of fire could not be known yet.

A team of firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire after they were informed around 2:10am, he said.

Mohammad Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said a house alongside the office was also burned down.

The police are investigating into the matter, he added.

The Daily Star could not get the version of the INGO in this regard.

Earlier, on Monday, a devastating blaze that erupted at Balukhali Camp-18 in Ukhia of Cox's Bazar destroyed around 10,000 shelters and killed at least 11 people.