TEN PEOPLE KILLED IN FIRE

DHAKA, OCTOBER 17 /SRNA/ - Ten people were killed, and four others were injured in a fire that engulfed the Inani tourist resort in the Cox’s Bazar area of southeastern Bangladesh, fire service official Sajid Mohammad Morshed Hossain said today.

According to him, the fire broke out at the Tuptup resort on Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar.

The resort is located near the Bay of Bengal, the Associated Press reported.

Hossain said the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning and quickly spread through the resort’s three-story wooden building. He added that children were among those killed.

The cause of the fire is unknown.