BANGKOK (AFP) - A major fire broke out on Thursday in a large camp housing Myanmar refugees in Thailand, destroying hundreds of homes, the local district chief said. The blaze started at about midday (1pm Singapore time) and quickly spread around the Umpiem Mai border camp, which is home to thousands of refugees, Poth Ruwaranan, head of Phop Phra district in western Tak province, told AFP by telephone.
Mr Poth said there were no reports of casualties, but Sally Thompson of the Thai Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), which provides food and shelter at the border camps, said she had heard of children receiving burns.
'It's still raging. It's still not under control,' Ms Thompson told AFP.
