UNB, Dhaka :
A total of 21 arson incidents were reported across Bangladesh from 4:00 am on Sunday (November 05, 2023) to 6:00 pm on Monday, (November 06, 2023), according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Of these, 12 arson attacks were reported in Dhaka City Corporation areas, said Talha Bin Jasim, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense media cell on Monday.
The fire official said a total of 16 incidents of arson were reported in Dhaka division, and four in Chattogram division.
A total of 16 buses, two trucks, one private car, one CNG-run autorickshaw, and one human hauler were torched during this period.
Forty-one units from the Fire Service and Civil Defence, along with 242 firefighters, were engaged to extinguish the blazes, added the fire officer.