A Correspondent:
Cox’s Bazar: At least 10 people tragically have roasted alive in a devastating fire that swept through a tourist resort in Cox’s Bazar early morning on Saturday at Ukhiya upazila in Cox’x Bzar district.
The fire broke out at Tup Tup Resort in Patuartek, near Inani Sea Beach, Syed Muhammad Morshed Hossain, Deputy Assistant Director of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence said.
Talha bin Zasim, a media officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence, said that they received infor-mation about the fire around 7:25 am. The blaze was brought under complete control at 11:00 am.
He confirmed that 10 people died in the incident.
Morshed Hossain said the fire reduced the nine-room resort to ashes as it was made of wood.
However, he could not immediately confirm the exact number of casualties or provide further details about the injured.
He said the identities of six of the deceased had been confirmed as Israt Jahan Maliha, 30, and Milita Mehzabin Alvi, 23, from Banasree, Dhaka; Laila Jahan Nabila, 27, and Nafisa Mim, 27, from Khilgaon, Dhaka; and Fariha Kabir, 33, and Faizan Ahmed, 5, from Chuadanga.
Police confirmed that 16 tourists were staying in six rooms in the resort while five to six of them went out of the resort for roaming.
The identities and addresses of the remaining deceased and injured, as well as the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage, could not be ascertained immediately, officials said.
