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Huge Fire Adds to Woes for Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims

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Nearly 450 Rohingya Muslims are homeless after a huge fire burned down several shelters at a camp for internally displaced people Tuesday. About 50 shelters were destroyed at the Baw Du Pa camp located near Sittwe, the capital of the western state of Rakhine. The French news agency, AFP, says it has learned from authorities that strong winds caught the flames from a cooking stove and spread them from shelter to shelter. There are no reports of injuries or deaths. About...

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