Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- Ten people have been killed and nine injured in a fire at TUPTUP Resto and Resort in Cox's Bazar's Inani.

The fire broke out around 6:30am on Saturday, according to Mohammad Atikur Rahman Majumder, chief of Ukhiya Police Station.

Fire Service spokesman Talha Bin Zasim confirmed the death toll around 1:30pm, hours after the blaze broke out at the resort near Patuartek Beach along Marine Drive.

The nine injured have been admitted to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital. They include Shihab Uddin, 31, a doctor at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka, and his wife, Nafiza Newaz Khan, 29.

The others are Mannan, 34, Meherunnesa, 30, Masud, 30, and Samida, 32, according to information provided by hospital officials.

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