Ten bodies have been recovered after a fire broke out at Tuptup Resto & Resort in the Patuartek area of Inani Beach in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, this morning, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.
All the victims were tourists. Four people injured in the incident are receiving treatment at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.
After receiving information about the fire at 7:25am, two units of the Ukhiya Fire Service station rushed to the scene. They arrived at 8:00am and began firefighting operations, bringing the blaze under control at 11:00am.
Syed Mohammad Morshed Hossain, deputy assistant director of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service, told this correspondent at 10:30am that the three-storey resort, which was made of wood, had been completely burnt to charcoal.
According to fire service officials, some of the four injured people suffered burns, while others were injured while trying to escape the fire.
The cause of the fire and the identities of the deceased could not be determined immediately.