After Farmgate, bus torched in Mirpur too, brought under control by two fire units

After Farmgate, miscreants have now set fire to a bus standing under the metro rail line in Mirpur in the capital. The incident took place in the Mirpur 11 area at around 9:15 pm on Monday (9 November).

Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station, said someone set fire to a Basumati Paribahan bus parked beside the road. At the time, the bus driver and other staff were not nearby.

Rozina Akter, duty officer of the Fire Service, said they received news of the bus fire at 9:10 pm. Two Fire Service units then reached the scene and began working to bring the fire under control.

Earlier on Monday evening, a bus caught fire under the Farmgate metro rail station in the capital. Following that incident, operations at the station were temporarily suspended.

The two bus fires in two areas of the capital on the same day spread fear among commuters. Concern is growing as the Mirpur incident followed the Farmgate incident.

It is not yet known who set fire to the two buses. In the Mirpur incident, the bus was parked and, as the driver and staff were not nearby, no one was reported injured.

Two Fire Service units reached the scene and worked to extinguish the fire. The extent of damage to the bus was not immediately known.

Police are investigating both incidents, it was learnt.