Mysterious fires gut buses, car in the capital
Four buses and a private car were gutted in two separate fires in the capital's Motijheel and Kamalapur areas on Saturday and yesterday.
Two of the buses and the car were burnt when a garage behind Motijheel's Modhumita Cinema caught fire at 11:05am yesterday, said Ershad Hossain, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters.
After around 45 minutes of efforts, six fire fighting units doused the fire, he added.
He also said an investigation was initiated to determine the cause of the fire.
Earlier on Saturday, another fire had damaged two buses of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) parked at its Kamalapur depot at 6:28pm.
One of the buses was burnt completely, while the other was partially damaged before four fire units doused the fire at 6:50pm, Faisalur Rahman, station officer of Ramna Fire Station, told The Daily Star.
Several buses were parked in the depot during the inferno.
Faisalur said the reason behind the fire could not be known immediately. "It will be known after investigation," he said.
No causalties were reported in the fires.
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