The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with the military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swathes of territory in the past year, all but cutting off the capital Sittwe.
AA spokesperson Khaing Thu Kha told AFP a military jet bombed Kyauk Ni Maw, on Ramree island, around 1:20 pm (0650 GMT) on Wednesday, starting a fire which engulfed more than 500 houses.
A member of a local rescue group whose team was helping people in the area told AFP that 41 people were killed and 52 wounded.
Charred ruins
AFP has attempted to contact the junta for comment on the incident, but calls have not been answered.
The military is struggling to fight opposition to its rule on multiple fronts around the country and it has been regularly accused of using air and artillery strikes to hit civilian communities.
In November, the UN Development Programme warned that Rakhine was heading towards famine as fighting squeezed commerce and agricultural production.
The outlook for the coming year was “grim”, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said, with 19.9 million people -- more than a third of the population -- likely to need aid in 2025.
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