A bus helper was tragically burned to death in a fire that reportedly started from a mosquito coil inside the vehicle at the Sonadanga Bus Terminal in Khulna, police said on Friday.
The fatal incident occurred at approximately 2 am on Thursday, said Md Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sonadanga police station, reports UNB.
The deceased Md. Shariful was the helper of Sundarban Paribahan and a resident from Munshiganj district, the OC informed.
Transport workers said that Shariful fell asleep inside the bus after lighting the mosquito coil at night. Later, the bus caught fire from the coil and was completely burned to ashes.
Workers usually sleep inside the buses at night using mosquito coils and the incident of fire occurred several times, they informed.
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