Fire breaks out in Cox’s Bazar hotel-motel zone

A fire broke out at a residential building next to a hotel on Saikatpara Road in the Kolatoli hotel-motel zone of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning.

Four units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence, with help from local residents, rushed to the scene to bring the blaze under control.

Syed Mohammad Morshed Hossain, deputy assistant director of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence, confirmed the incident.

He told journalists that four units reached the spot with firefighting equipment after receiving the alert at around 6am. The fire was largely under control, he said.

The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not immediately be determined.

Several hotels and resorts are located near the site. Tourists staying at these establishments and residents of nearby settlements reportedly came out onto the streets following the outbreak.

Earlier, on 17 October, 11 tourists died in a fire at the Inani TupTup Resort in Ukhiya, near Marine Drive in Cox’s Bazar.