Six people have died in a fire that gutted the Tup-Tup Resort along Marine Drive in Cox’s Bazar. The identities of the victims could not be immediately confirmed.
Another seven to eight people were injured and taken to a local hospital, according to reports.
The entire resort was reduced to ashes, with the bodies recovered from the site placed nearby. Firefighters are searching through the debris to determine whether anyone else remains trapped.
Representatives of the local administration, Fire Service, Tourist Police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) are at the scene.
According to the Fire Service, they received a report of the fire at the resort near Inani Beach at 7:25am. The site is around 18km from the nearest fire station, and firefighters arrived at 8am.
Two units from Ukhia Fire Station worked to bring the blaze under control, which was contained by 8:15am. Six bodies have been recovered from the site.
Ukhia police station Officer-in-Charge Atiqur Rahman said an investigation was underway to determine the cause of the fire.