Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Within a week of a fire at a Cox's Bazar tourist resort that claimed 10 lives, another fire has broken out at a hotel in the district.

However, no casualties have been reported in the latest incident.

The fire started on the ground-floor parking of The Sea Princess Hotel in Sugondha Point in the beach town on Friday afternoon, according to Dolon Acharya, senior station officer of the Cox's Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence.

He said a unit from the nearby Fire Service station quickly reached the spot after the fire was reported. However, hotel authorities had brought the fire under control before its arrival.

Dolon said it is initially believed the fire started from a short circuit in a generator. He added that no ...