Thousands of Rohingya refugees were left homeless after a fire tore through a camp in southeast Bangladesh on January 10.

Footage shows the blaze that destroyed over 1,000 houses illuminating the night sky.

“About 1,200 houses were burned in the fire,” said Kamran Hossain, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Battalion, which heads security in the camp.

More than 5,000 people have been made homeless by the blaze.

This footage was filmed and produced 10 January 2022.

A fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in south-east Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of shelters and forcing refugees to break through wire fencing to reach safety.

“About 1,200 houses were burned in the fire,” said Kamran Hossain, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Battalion, which heads security in the camp.

The fire started in camp 16 and raced through shelters made of bamboo and tarpaulin, leaving more than 5,000 people homeless, he told Agence France-Presse.