Bus catches fire on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, 3 hurt

A bus caught fire on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj on Friday afternoon, leaving three passengers injured.

The identities of the injured could not be known immediately.

Witnesses said a Patuakhali-bound bus of 'Islam Paribahan' from Dhaka caught fire around 12:15 pm when it reached Dhaleshawri toll plaza.

All the passengers managed to get down from the bus but three suffered burn injuries, they said.

Of them, seriously injured one was sent to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, the witnesses added.

However, a firefighting unit, later, brought the fire under control after around 20 minutes' efforts, Sirajdikhan Fire Service and Civil Defence in-charge Badal Rahman told Jago News.

Executive Engineer Nahin Reza of Munshiganj Roads and Highways Department told Jago News they primarily assume the incident might have taken place due to a technical glitch.

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