BANGLADESH
Fire Service records 15 arson incidents in 37hrs
The Fire Service and Civil Defence recorded a total of 15 arson incidents across the country from 6:00 am, Wednesday to 7:00 pm, Thursday.
Of these, seven arson incidents were reported in the capital’s Hazaribagh, Tatibazar, Kakoli, Mirpur, Dhanmondi, Baridhara, and Matuail areas, said Fire Service and Civil Defense Media Cell station officer Talha Bin Zasim.
Three incidents of arson were reported in Gazipur, two in Chattogram’s Khagrachhari and Noakhali, two in Barishal’s Gournadi and Barguna, and one in Rajshahi, he added.
A total of nine buses, four covered vans, and two trucks were burned during this period.