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A bus is set on fire in front of the Sutrapur fire station in Old Dhaka on Tuesday evening. | UNB photo

Unidentified attackers set fire to a bus in front of the Sutrapur fire station in Old Dhaka on Tuesday evening, adding to the growing number of arson incidents in the city.

A unit of the fire service rushed to the spot and doused the blaze within 10 minutes, said Rafi Al Faruk, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.


No casualties were reported.

Miscreants set fire to four vehicles, including a private car, in different parts of the capital early Tuesday.

Besides, a bus driver was burned to death after unidentified miscreants set fire to a parked bus in the early hours of Tuesday at Bhalukjan Bazar in Phulbaria upazila of Mymensingh district.