Two people were burnt to death and many injured in a devastating fire that broke out at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya yesterday.

Over 500 shanties were burnt down in the fire that broke out at C block of Camp-1 west (Lambasia) around 12:35pm, said Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Md Shamsud Douza.

The charred bodies of two people, including a child, were recovered from the burnt shanties but their identities could not be confirmed yet, the additional RRRC said.

"The blaze has been brought under control completely and we are estimating the damages," he told The Daily Star around 4:00pm.

The cause behind the fire is yet to be known, he said.

"We received information about the fire around 12:35pm and moved to the spot. Around 3:00pm, firefighters brought the fire under control completely," said Shafiqul Islam, an officer of the Ukhiya Fire Service Unit.

Eight firefighting units joined the effort to douse the fire, Shafiqul said.

Shafiqul said at least 546 houses of Rohingya refugees were burnt down and many shanties were damaged while extinguishing the fire.

He said they primarily suspect the fire might have originated from a cooking stove.