2024-04-15 01:16:40
There have been reports in various media that the fire service vehicles going to put out private car fires on Dhaka Elevated Expressway have to pay toll. However, the fire service has informed that the matter of paying toll is a rumour. The company also said that there was no toll while going to extinguish the fire and there was no delay in this regard.
Shafiqul Islam, Deputy Director of Dhaka Zone-3 of Fire Service, said that a private car suddenly caught fire in Kuril Bishwa Road area on Dhaka Elevated Expressway on Thursday (April 11) afternoon. Three units of the fire service went to the spot after receiving the information. There is no toll on the elevated expressway while going. Also, we did not experience any delay related to toll payment.
Several officials who participated in extinguishing the private car fire on the elevated expressway said that three units from Kurmitola fire station left for the spot within 30 seconds of receiving the news of the fire. Fire service units reached the spot in no time.
There was no toll on the elevated expressway to reach the spot. The news of tolling is a complete rumour. The fire service did not delay in reaching the spot for any reason including toll payment. As the private car that caught fire was oil driven, the fire spread quickly and the private car was burnt.
Anwarul Islam Dolan, media cell officer of the fire service headquarters, said about the news of tolling, “We have learned from talking to the fire personnel who participated in the fire fighting that day that they did not have to pay any kind of toll.” The toll news is false.
A private car suddenly caught fire in Kuril Bishwa Road area of Dhaka Elevated Expressway on Eid day Thursday (April 11) afternoon. Later, three units of the fire service reached the spot and extinguished the fire, but by then the private car was burnt.
After this spread through various media including social media, fire service vehicles going to extinguish the fire had to pay toll on Dhaka Elevated Expressway. The fire service reached the spot late while paying the toll. Because of this, the private car got completely burnt. More news spread through social media, fire service personnel who went to extinguish the fire had no money, later they paid the toll by bringing money to mobile banking.
According to the fire service headquarters, the fire service does not have to pay any kind of toll on the elevated expressway in case of emergency travel. Besides, the expressway authorities were also aware of the news of the fire on the day of the incident. They tried to put out the fire by themselves before the fire service went. Later, fire service personnel went to the spot and extinguished the fire. However, fire service vehicles are required to pay toll on the expressway like any other agency in normal traffic except for emergencies, which is normal.