At least three people were killed in a fire at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno on Saturday, a local official has reported.

Following an impact assessment visit to the Muna El-Badawy IDP camp in Maiduguri, the state capital, Yabawa Kolo, director-general of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, said that at least 3,000 shelters were destroyed and dozens of families displaced.