Mysterious man sets fire to sleeper bus in HCMC

A man set fire to a sleeper bus owned by Nguyen Khang Company and ran away, leaving the bus in flames last Tuesday evening in Ho Chi Minh City’s Mien Dong Bus Station.

Upon noticing black smoke coming from the bus, people in the station rushed to the vehicle and used CO2 spray cans to extinguish the fire.

The blaze, which had spread to a rear tire of the bus, was put out within minutes.

However, the right side of the bus was partially burned.

Witnesses said that before the blaze broke out, they saw a man doing something in the back of the bus.

However, thinking that he was just going to the bathroom, people did not pay attention to him.

When the fire flared up, the strange man ran away, jumped on a motorbike with someone waiting on it outside, and fled.

According to the bus driver, this was an act of personal revenge.

The bus was brand-new and had been recently bought by Nguyen Khang Company.

It was planned to run for the first time from Ho Chi Minh City- Quy Nhon City on Wednesday, but was burned before it could leave.

Authorities are cooperating with Binh Thanh police in the investigation.