Two buses parked in separate locations in Savar and Dhamrai, on the outskirts of Dhaka, were set on fire early Sunday.
No casualties were reported in either incident. The Fire Service suspects that the fires were deliberately set by miscreants.
Savar Fire Service Senior Station Officer Jahangir Alam and Dhamrai Fire Station Officer Al-Amin Khan confirmed the incidents on Sunday morning.
According to Savar Fire Service, a bus belonging to Savar Paribahan caught fire at around 2:55AM at the Savar Thana Bus Stand area along the Dhaka-Aricha Highway.
Upon receiving the alert, two fire service units rushed to the scene and brought the blaze under control by 3:10AM.
Jahangir Alam told Dhaka Post that the fire was suspected to have been caused by arson. The incident resulted in an estimated loss of Tk 200,000.