Parked bus catches fire in Kaliakair, almost entirely gutted

A passenger bus of Azmeri Paribahan parked in the Chandra area of Kaliakair upazila in Gazipur caught fire.

The incident took place on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Monday (9 November) evening. Fire service personnel reached the scene after receiving the news and brought the fire under control.

According to local residents and fire service sources, passengers quickly got off after suddenly seeing fire in the bus parked beside the Dhaka-Tangail highway in the Chandra area.

People nearby tried to put out the fire with water. Later, on receiving the news, personnel of the Kaliakair Fire Service reached the spot and extinguished the fire.

It was not immediately known how the fire started in the bus.

Almost the entire bus was burnt in the fire.

Tariqul Islam, station officer of the Kaliakair Fire Service, said fire service personnel reached the scene quickly after receiving news of the fire in the bus, and later brought it under control.

He added that it is not known how the fire started in the bus.