Two buses gutted in Motijheel garage fire

Two buses of a private transport company were gutted in a fire at a motor garage in the city's Motijheel area on Sunday.

The fire broke out around 11:05 am in the garage at Gopibagh Balur Math area.

Six units of firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire after around one hour of hectic effort , said Ershad Hossain, an official of the control room of Fire Service and Civil Defense.

Two buses of Silk Line Travels services were completely gutted in the fire. Some motor parts, and a huge portion of the garage was damaged, he said.

However, no casualty was reported.

The origin of the fire could not be known yet but fire service is primarily suspecting that it originated from an electric short circuit.

HM

 

Two buses gutted in Motijheel garage fire

Two buses of a private transport company were gutted in a fire at a motor garage in the citys Motijheel area on Sunday. The fire broke out around 11:05 am in the garage at Gopibagh Balur Math area. Six units of firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire after around one hour of hectic effort , said Ershad Hossain, an official of the control room of Fire Service and Civil Defense. Two buses of Silk Line Travels services were completely gutted in the fire. Some motor parts, and a huge portion of the garage was damaged, he said. However, no casualty was reported. The origin of the fire could not be known yet but fire service is primarily suspecting that it originated from an electric short circuit. HM