A fire broke out at a residential building adjacent to a hotel in the Kalatoli hotel-motel zone of Cox’s Bazar town on Tuesday morning.
The fire started at around 6am on Shaikatpara Road in Kalatoli. Four Fire Service units are working to bring it under control.
Syed Muhammad Morshed Hossain, deputy assistant director of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence, confirmed the incident, saying four units of the Fire Service reached the scene with the necessary equipment after receiving the report.
The fire has been largely brought under control, he said.
However, the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not be immediately confirmed. Further details will be provided later, he added.
Several hotels and resorts are located near the site of the fire. Fearing that the flames could spread, tourists staying at the hotels and residents of nearby settlements reportedly came out and gathered on the road.
Earlier, 11 tourists died in a fire at the TUPTUP Resto & Resort in Inani, Ukhiya, near Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive, on October 17.
Six days later, a fire broke out at Hotel Sea Princess at Sugandha Point in Cox’s Bazar town on October 23.
However, the fire was brought under control quickly, preventing major damage.