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3 buses set on fire in Gazipur
Miscreants set fire to three buses at different locations in Gazipur on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, triggering panic among people.
However, no casualties have so far been reported, according to fire service officials.
The first incident occurred at dawn (Wednesday) when a group of unidentified people torched a bus parked on Dhaka–Tangail highway near Peyarabagan area of Bhogra Bypass.
Being informed, firefighters from the Bhogra Modern Fire Service rushed to the spot and doused the flames.
Around the same time, another group set fire to a minibus in the Beraid Chala area of Sreepur upazila of the district.
Fire service personnel from Sreepur Fire Service Station responded and managed to bring the fire under control.
In a separate incident around 10pm on Tuesday, miscreants set a minibus ablaze at Chakrabarti along the Kaliakoir–Nabinagar highway, partially burning its seats.
Mohammad Mamun, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service, said the Peyarabagan fire caused an estimated Tk 20 lakh in damages, while the Sreepur incident led to losses worth about Tk 10 lakh, reports UNB.