Fire Service records 15 arson incidents across country in 37 hrs till Thursday evening

A total of 15 arson incidents were reported across the country from 6.00 am on Wednesday to 7.00 pm on Thursday, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Of these, 7 arson incidents were reported in the capital’s Hazaribagh, Tatibazar, Kakoli, Mirpur, Dhanmondi, Baridhara, and Matuail areas, said Talha Bin Zasim, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense Media Cell.

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.