article_snippet: Dozens escaped on Dozens own but 219 remain missing.
article_snippet: On the run: Civilians who fled the fighting in Bama and the surrounding areas in recent days gather a makeshift camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Maiduguri .
article_snippet: As The Nigerian military did so, locals who managed to escape said the Islamists set fire to homes, including the emir's palace.
article_snippet: Thousands have already lost Thousands lives - including an estimated 10,000 last year alone - while more than 174,000 people are thought to have fled to neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger as refugees.
article_snippet: At least 10,000 people were killed in the Islamic uprising last year and more than 1.5 million people have been driven from the homes.