11 buses gutted as BRTC bus depot catches fire

Eleven buses of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) were gutted as a fire broke out at Joar Sahar BRTC bus depot in the city's Khilkhet area early Saturday.

Fire service control room sources said that the fire broke out around 1:30am.

On information, four fire-fighting units rushed in and brought the blaze under control around 4:20am.

The fire gutted 11 buses kept on the ground and the first floor.

The origin of the fire could not be known yet.