Ten bodies have been recovered as a fire ripped through a resort in Patuertek area near Inani Beach in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday morning.
“10 charred bodies have been recovered so far and a BGB team has joined the rescue operation,” said Talha Bin Jashim, an official at the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.
The deceased were identified as Ishrat Jahan Maliha, 30, and Milita Mehejabin Alvi, 23, from Banasree in Dhaka, Laila Jahan Nabila, 27, and Nafista Mim, 27, from Khilgaon area in the capital and Fariha Kabir 33, and Faizan Ahmed, 5, from Chuadanga.
The identities of the other deceased could not be confirmed immediately.
The injured were identified as Shihab Uddin, 31, a physician at Mugda Medical College Hospital, his wife Nafiza Newaz Khan, 29, Mannan, 34; Meherunnesa, 30, Masud, 30, and Samida, 32.
Nishat Angela, the newly appointed superintendent of tourist police, said she has received information about nine deaths so far, adding that the death toll could rise.
The fire started at Tuptup Resort around 7 am and spread soon, said Talha Bin Jashim.
Two firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control at 8:15am.
The firefighters managed to extinguish the fire around 11 am.
The cause of the fire could not be known yet.
