Saturday fire at Cox's Bazar resort kills 10, police sue owner
A fire at a resort near Inani Beach in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killed 10 people on Saturday, The Daily Star and The Business Standard reported. Police have filed a case naming the resort's owner and manager, the outlets reported. The manager is in custody, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
A fire at TupTup Resto & Resort near Inani Beach in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killed 10 people on Saturday, The Daily Star and The Business Standard reported. The fire broke out at about 7 in the morning, The Daily Star and The Business Standard reported.
Police filed a case on Saturday night naming the resort's owner as the main accused, The Daily Star and The Business Standard reported. The resort's manager is also named, and police have him in custody, the outlets reported. Four people are named in the case, and 19 others are listed as unidentified accused, the local police chief said, according to The Daily Star.
The cause of the fire has not been determined, The Daily Star reported. The district's top official said it was first believed to have started at a kitchen stove, but that was not confirmed, The Business Standard reported, citing Prothom Alo. A five-member committee will look into the cause, the same report said.
Strong sea winds spread the fire through the two-story wooden building, a regional fire service official said, according to The Business Standard, citing Prothom Alo. He said the resort had no fire extinguishers, alarms, fire safety plan or fire safety license, according to the same report. Four people were found dead in two toilets on the upper floor, the official said, according to The Business Standard.
Firefighters reached the scene at about 8 in the morning, and the fire was fully put out at about 11, according to the same report. Six injured people were taken to the hospital, it said. The resort had been built only seven or eight months earlier, the fire official said, according to The Business Standard.
The bodies will stay at the morgue of Cox's Bazar District Sadar Hospital until DNA tests confirm who they are, police said, according to The Business Standard. Work to identify the victims and return their bodies to families is under way, The Daily Star reported.
What we know: The fire killed 10 people, and police have filed a case against the owner and manager.
What we don't: What started the fire, and who all of the victims are.
Where outlets agree The Daily Star and The Business Standard report that the resort fire killed 10 people and that police filed a case naming the owner and manager.
Where they differ The outlets cited here report the same key facts so far.