DHAKA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Six bodies were retrieved after a massive fire tore through a resort in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, some 400 km southeast of the capital Dhaka, on Saturday morning, an official said.
"Six bodies have been recovered after the blaze was extinguished," Talha Bin Zasim, an official at the Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters in Dhaka, told Xinhua.
He said all three floors of the resort, which was made of wood, had been damaged.
Firefighting units rushed to the spot after receiving information at 7:25 a.m. local time and extinguished the fire at around 11 a.m., according to the official.
The official said they have not yet determined the exact cause of the blaze. ■