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Fire guts 400 shanties, shops in Bangladesh Rohingya camp

| May 12, 2020 5:03 AM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire on Tuesday raced through a crowded camp housing Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, destroying nearly 400 shanties and shops, a Bangladeshi official and the U.N.’s refugee agency said.

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