EDITORS NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />At least 42 people have died in a fire at a Burmese refugee camp in northern Thailand on Friday (March 22), local media reported.<br/> <br />Officials said hundreds of makeshift houses at the Ban Mae Surin camp have been destroyed by the blaze that started on the evening before being extinguished two hours later.<br/> <br />Preliminary investigations suggested the fire may have been triggered by a cooking accident, but further investigation into the cause is still underway, according to local media reports.<br/> <br />The camp, near the Thai-Myanmar border, is home to thousands of ethnic Karen refugees who escaped the fighting between Karen rebels and Myanmar military troops.<br/> <br />Despite a cease-fire signed last year, more than 100,000 Burmese refugees from the conflict areas near the border are still living in camps in northern Thailand.<br/> <br />Mae Hong Son is about 800 kilometres (497 miles
