TAK, Feb 24 – A senior Thai official on Friday reaffirmed that the fire at a border camp for displaced Myanmar nationals in this province was caused by cooking, not by an arson as reported in some foreign media coverage.

Tak provincial deputy governor Wut Sitthisurat remarked while inspecting the Umpiem refugee camp today after fire broke out, destroying about 1,000 bamboo shacks on Thursday.

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