3 buses set on fire in Maniknagar

Staff Reporter:

Miscreants set three buses of ‘Ekushey Express’ on fire near Maniknagar intersection in the capital on Wednesday during the ongoing 48-blockade enforced by BNP and like-minded parties.
The incident was reported at 4:48 pm on Wednesday, according to Warehouse Inspector Anwarul Islam of Fire Service and Civil Defence media cell.
On information, two firefighting units from Khilgaon fire station and one firefighting unit from Sid-dique Bazar fire station rushed to the spot and doused the fire at 5:26pm.
Two buses were completely damaged in the fire while one bus suffered partial damage. No casualties were reported in the incident.