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18 arson incidents reported in 30 hrs till Monday morning

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Published: 06:42, 6 November 2023

18 arson incidents reported in 30 hrs till Monday morning

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A total of 18 arson incidents were reported across the country from 4 am on Sunday to 10 am on Monday (6 November), Fire Service has said.

Of these, 10 arson attacks were reported in Dhaka City Corporations, said Talha Bin Jasim, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense media cell on Monday. 

The fire official said that a total of 14 incidents of arson were reported in Dhaka division, and 4 in Chattogram division.

A total of 13 buses, two trucks,  one private car, one CNG auto-rickshaw, and one human hauler were torched during this period.

Thirty-six units of fire service and civil defense and 216 firefighters were engaged to extinguish the blazes, added the fire officer.

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