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Burmese refugees healing from fire tragedy [Photos]

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Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
When fire engulfed the Ban Mae Surin camp in northwestern Thailand last year, Sha Nay Htoo, 13, was badly burnt as he was trying to save other refugees trapped by the flames. See how Sha Nay and his neighbors are recovering from the tragedy.

On March 22, 2013, a fierce fire swept through the Ban Mae Surin camp for Burmese refugees in northwestern Thailand. The disaster killed 37 people and left 2,300 homeless, over 75 percent of the camp’s population. 

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