Play store
A passenger bus of Azmeri Paribahan was set on fire by miscreants while it was parked beside the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Chandra area of Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila on Monday evening.
The incident took place around 6:30pm on November 9 near Kajoli Farm, close to Chandra bus station.
According to eyewitnesses, local residents suddenly noticed flames coming from the parked bus. People nearby tried to extinguish the fire but failed to bring it under control.
They subsequently informed the Fire Service.
Firefighters from Kaliakair Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the scene and brought the blaze under control at around 7:30pm.
Tarikul Islam, an official of Kaliakair Fire Service and Civil Defence, said firefighters had managed to extinguish the fire, but the bus was gutted.
He added that the cause of the fire could not be determined immediately.
No casualties were reported in the incident, according to local reports.
