Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- Six people have been killed and six others injured in a fire at TUPTUP Resto and Resort in Cox's Bazar.

Fire Service spokesman Talha Bin Zasim confirmed the death toll after firefighters fully extinguished the blaze at 11am on Saturday.

The dead have been identified as Ishrat Jahan Maliha, 30, and Milita Mehezabin Alvi, 23, from Banasree in Dhaka; Layla Jahan Nabila, 27, and Nafista Mim, 27, from Khilgaon; and Fariha Kabir, 33, and Faizan Ahmed, 5, from Chuadanga.

The six injured are Shihab Uddin, 31, a doctor at Mugda Medical College Hospital; his wife Nafiza Newaz Khan, 29; Mannan, 34; Meherunnesa, 30; Masud, 30; and Samida, 32.

Sabuktagin Mahmud Sohel, resident medical officer at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital, said f...