At least 10 people were killed and nine injured on Saturday (October 17, 2026) in a fire at a seaside resort in the south-eastern Bangladeshi district of Cox’s Bazar, officials said.
Four to five people managed to escape, but the whereabouts and condition of the others remain unknown, the Dhaka Tribune reported. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday at TUPTUP Resto and Resort in Cox’s Bazar’s Inani, according to Mohammad Atikur Rahman Majumder, chief of Ukhiya Police Station. Ten people were killed, and nine were injured, Fire Service spokesman Talha Bin Zasim confirmed the death toll around 1:30 p.m., hours after the blaze broke out at the resort near Patuartek Beach along Marine Drive. Around 30 people were reportedly at the resort when the fire broke out.
Syed Muhammad Morshed Hossain, deputy assistant director of the Cox’s Bazar Fire Service, said the entire structure had been gutted by the blaze.
The cause of the fire remains unknown. Mr. However, the cause could not be established until the investigation was complete.
Mannan said the Fire Service was investigating, adding that some people suspected the blaze might have started in the resort’s kitchen.
