Passengers escape unhurt

A Dewan Paribahan bus was set on fire in Dhaka's Badda Link Road area this evening, around 7:38pm.

Rozina Akter, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, told The Daily Star that they received information about the fire at 7:45pm. However, the blaze had already been doused before firefighters could reach the spot.

Quoting the bus helper, Inspector (Investigation) Yeasin Khondoker of Badda Police Station told The Daily Star that the bus was in motion when a passenger got off and noticed flames at the rear of the vehicle. He immediately alerted others, prompting all passengers to get down quickly.

The inspector said miscreants might have set the bus on fire.

No casualties were reported.