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UN says at least 15 dead, 400 missing in Rohingya camp fire

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At least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while 400 remain missing, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. 'It is massive, it is devastating,' said the UNHCR's Johannes van der Klaauw, who joined a Geneva briefing virtually from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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