Cumilla Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 11 Mar 2021 08:13 PM BdST
Updated: 12 Mar 2021 01:45 AM BdST
At least two people have been killed and 22 others injured after a bus caught fire in Cumilla’s Daudkandi, police say. );
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The Matlab-bound bus of Matlab Express from Dhaka caught fire when it reached Gouripur bus stand on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Thursday evening.
Zahirul Haque, OC of Daudkandi Highway Police, confirmed the death toll to bdnews24.com.
He said at least 12 of the injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The others were admitted to Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex.
The dead passengers are Rafiqul Islam, 75, from Daudkandi’s Tinpara village and his grandson 5-year-old Shafin.