Dhaka, April 27 -- A passenger bus caught fire apparently due to a motorcycle's oil-tank explosion in the city's Banani on Saturday afternoon.

Quoting eyewitnesses, firefighter officials said the fire might have been caused due to a motorcycle tank explosion.

The incident took place at around 4:00 pm when a passenger bus from Mymensingh was going to Mohakhali Bus Terminal. In the meantime, a motorcycle went under the wheels of the bus while it was taking a U-turn in front of the Navy headquarters, said senior station officer of the Kurmitola Fire Station Atiqur Rahman.

"The bus pulled the motorcycle some ways. It might be that the bus caught fire due to the motorcycle's tank exploding underneath," he said.

Being informed, two firefigh...