Fire Breaks Out at Squalid Migrant Camp in Bosnia

Fire Breaks Out at Squalid Migrant Camp in Bosnia
Smoke rises from a fire at migrant camp Lipa, near Bihac in western Bosnia on Dec. 23, 2020. Hasan Arnautovic/AP Photo
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BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina—A huge fire broke out Wednesday at a temporary migrant camp in northwestern Bosnia that has been strongly criticized by rights groups as unsuitable due to its lack of resources.

Thick black smoke could be seen rising from the Lipa tent camp near the Croatian border that currently houses 1,200 migrants. Residents were seen running away in panic but there were no immediate reports of injuries.