Two parked buses set on fire in Savar and Dhamrai, fire service suspects miscreants
Two buses parked at separate locations in Savar and Dhamrai near Dhaka caught fire. The incidents took place late on Saturday night (7 November). No casualties were reported, but the fire service believes miscreants set fire to both buses.
Senior Station Officer Jahangir Alam of Savar Fire Service and Station Officer Al-Amin Khan of Dhamrai Fire Station confirmed the information on Sunday morning (8 November).
According to Savar Fire Service, a bus of Savar Paribahan parked near the Savar Thana bus stand area on the Dhaka-Aricha highway caught fire at 2:55 am on Saturday night.
Two units of Savar Fire Service reached the spot and brought the fire under control at 3:10 am. Senior Station Officer Jahangir Alam said the initial assumption is that miscreants set fire to the bus. The incident caused damage worth around two lakh taka.
In the other incident, a bus of D-Link Paribahan caught fire in front of Afaz Uddin College in Sharifbagh area of Dhamrai at around 3:40 am on Saturday night.
Two units of Dhamrai Fire Service reached the spot and started working to control the fire. The fire was fully extinguished at around 4:20 am.
Dhamrai Fire Station Officer Al-Amin Khan said the bus was mainly used to carry workers of Snotex Garments from Nabinagar. The bus was parked there at night when it caught fire.
Two units of the fire service managed to bring the fire under control. The initial assumption is that miscreants set fire to the bus.
Earlier, a bus of Pavel Paribahan under repair caught fire on Dhamrai Thana Road late on Thursday night (5 November). The next night, on Friday (6 November), another bus of Polli Seba Paribahan caught fire in the Srirampur area on the Dhaka-Aricha highway.
With these, three buses have caught fire in Dhamrai upazila on three consecutive nights. Fire service officials said the cause of each incident is being investigated.
