A Large Fire Kills Many People at a Refugee Camp in Thailand By: Nina Bharadwaj

     A very large and destructive fire happened to erupt at a refugee camp in northwestern Thailand. This unfortunate mishap had killed over 32 refugees from Myanmar. This was explained by the health ministry on Saturday.
     At a minimum, about 100 other innocent refugees were severely injured. The health ministry said this in a statement. The injuries of these 100 refugees includes a young 13-year-old boy. Over 90 percent of this man's body was burned in the fire. Many reports and cases of evidence point to the cause of the fire being that there was a cooking accident. It is said that this happened on Friday. The United Nations say this.
     Many authorities and officials are looking into and investigating the cause of this fire. This horrendous fire took down at least a few hundred huts. They say it also left at a minimum of 2,300 refugees without a home to live in. It deeply affected the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp. This camp is located in the Mae Hong Son province. It also destroyed a clinic in this camp and a food center also in this camp.
     Mireille Girard, a representative and official for the United Nations refugee agency in Thailand quoted " We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident and doing what we can to provide instant relief. Our teams are returning to the camp this morning with plastic sheets, blankets, bed mats and other items to provide temporary emergency shelter before their homes can be rebuilt."
     This camp was launched in 1992. This camp houses over thousands of refugees that fled the ethnic tension and conflict in Myanmar. Unfortunately, at the time, these many refugees are homeless, but with the help of many other people, they will be able to be rebuilt as soon as possible so that these refugees will, once again, have a place to call home.
Analysis: The author of this article was Aliza Kassim. I think she wrote this article to tell us people who don't always keep up with the world tragedies on T.V. about what has happened. The main idea of this article is that over 100 people have been injured in a terrible fire in Thailand's refugee camps, and one of these innocent victims is a 13-year old young boy, This unfortunate fire has left about 2,300 refugees without a home, and many officials and investigators say the cause of this fire is a cooking accident. The article is important because it is telling us about an unfortunate event that has happened. It should make us appreciate everything that we have a lot more. There is no bias in this article. There are mainly facts or gathered pieces of evidence.
I feel awful that this fire happened. I would have never even known about this fire if I hadn't done this current event. It makes me think about how much more I need to keep up with things around the world so that I can know about things that are going on in other countries. I want to be able to help these innocent people because I am so sorry for them and the people they have lost just because of some sort of cooking accident. Whatever the cause of the fire is, I hope it doesn't happen again.
Source:http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/23/world/asia/thailand-refugees-fire/index.html