Fire at Cox’s Bazar hotel zone, 4 units working

Four Fire Service units are working to bring the blaze under control.

The fire originated around 6AM in a residential house adjacent to a hotel on Saikatpara Road in the Kolatoli area. Getting information, four units of the Fire Service rushed to the scene, Syed Mohammad Morshed Hossain, deputy assistant director of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence, confirmed.

He said four units equipped with necessary firefighting equipment had reached the scene following the alert. The fire was largely under control.

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

Further details would be available after an assessment, he added.

Several hotels and resorts are located near the site of the fire. Tourists staying at nearby establishments and residents of surrounding homes reportedly evacuated and gathered on the road following the outbreak.