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Fire in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (2021-03-23)

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Activation time (UTC): 2021-03-23 13:58:00

Event time (UTC): 2021-03-22 00:00:00

Event type: Wildfire (Urban fires)

Activation reason:

On 22 March 2021, a major fire broke out in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. It is estimated that around 10 000 shelters were destroyed or damaged. In the first 24 hours, 15 fatalities were reported with 400 people still missing. The damage to vital infrastructure is extensive, with total destruction of health centres, hospitals, water infrastructure, distribution points, learning centres and other structures. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping has been activated for a situation assessment.

Reference products: 1

Delineation products: 0

Grading products: 1

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): Fire in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (2021-03-23). [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.XC58M2R PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3d737d22-d2dd-4efb-834e-47b2bf3223ca

Keywords

BangladeshBGDCEMSCopernicusCopernicus Emergency Management ServiceCopernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping ActivationCopernicus EMSCopernicus ServiceEmergencyEmergency ManagementEMSR505MappingRapid MappingWildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR505]: Fire in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (2021-03-23)
Esri Shape

SHP – shapefile format – is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information system (GIS) software. Esri shapefile is a zip archive that contains at least the shp, shx and dbf files.

Use conditions
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Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-data-support (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
unknown

The event occurs with unknown regularity.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Regions and cities

dataset theme covering the domains of regions and cities, where regions is defined by political geography units including sovereign states, subnational administrative areas, and multinational groupings, and cities are characterised as large human settlements
Science and technology

dataset theme covering the domains of science and technology, with science being the systematic pursuit of knowledge through testable explanations and predictions across natural, social, and formal disciplines, and technology encompassing the collective techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in producing goods, providing services, or achieving objectives like scientific research

Issued date
2021-03-23
Created date
02 Mar 2026 17:07
Modified date
13 May 2021 08:16
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR505 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/3d737d22-d2dd-4efb-834e-47b2bf3223ca
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