Thick black smoke rises from a bus engulfed in flames on Friday afternoon at the Dhaleswari toll plaza on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway. Three passengers were injured in the blaze, which also damaged a toll collection booth. — Photo: Collected Three people suffered injuries when a passenger bus caught fire at a toll plaza on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Keraniganj, reports bdnews24.com.
The incident, which occurred on Friday afternoon, resulted in damage to both the bus and the toll plaza, according to Badal Mia, the head of Sirajdikhan fire service.
The Islam Paribahan bus was en route to Patuakhali's Kuakata when it suddenly caught fire upon reaching the Dhaleswari toll plaza, according to witnesses.
Although three passengers suffered burns, the rest were able to leave the bus safely.
The identities of the injured passengers could not be known immediately. One of them was taken to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
A firefighting unit from Sirajdikhan later extinguished the fire within half an hour, according to Badal. The official suspects that a mechanical issue may have been the cause of the fire.
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