Miscreants set three buses of ‘Ekushey Express’ on fire near Maniknagar intersection in the capital on Wednesday during the ongoing 48-blockade enforced by BNP and like-minded parties. Dhaka slum fire: 150 shanties gutted in Maniknagar The incident was reported at 4:48 pm on Wednesday, according to Warehouse Inspector Anwarul Islam of Fire Service and Civil Defence media cell.  On information, two firefighting units from Khilgaon fire station and one firefighting unit from Siddique Bazar fire station rushed to the spot and doused the fire at 5:26pm.  253 arson attacks reported during blockades, hartals since Oct end: Fire Service  Two buses were completely damaged in the fire while one bus suffered partial damage. No casualties were reported in the incident.  Fire Service records 8 arson attacks in 24 hours

Around 150 shanties were burned down after a fire broke out in Maniknagar area of the capital on Sunday afternoon.