Arsonists torch pickup van in Dhaka’s Ashulia

“Two men on motorcycles came up, poured petrol on the pickup van, lit it on fire, and fled,” a Fire Service official says

A pickup van parked on the side of the road in Dhaka’s Ashulia has been set on fire.

The incident occurred in front of Modular Garments in Ashulia’s Sarkar Market area around 5am on Friday, according to Abu Sayem Masum, senior station officer of the Zirabo Modern Fire Service.

No one has been injured in the incident, he said.

Citing witnesses, the Fire Service official said, “Two men on motorcycles came up, poured petrol on the pickup van, lit it on fire, and fled. Locals tried to bring the fire under control and reported the incident to the Fire Service.”

“Two Fire Service units then rushed to the spot to join firefighting efforts, but the locals had already put out the main fire by then.”

A bus parked on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in front of the Women and Children’s Hospital in the Sarkar Market area was set on fire early on Wednesday morning. The driver had injured himself trying to escape the flames.