Driver, passersby applauded for saving fuel tanker from near-explosion

For the timely vigilance and due diligence of a tanker driver and his mate together with help from passersby, Ghana would have experienced another doom moments of fire and destructions. Per information available to Ghanashowbiz.com, the driver and the passersby prevented what could have been a deadly explosion at Anloga Junction, Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

The tanker, with registration number GT 4796-12, carrying 52,000 litres of petrol from Accra toward the BOST office in Kumasi, caught fire upon reaching the area and the National Fire Service personnel at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology were timely called to the scene to contain the situation.

DOIII Desmond Ackah, Regional Public Relations Officer of the GNFS told media outlets that the fire started from one of the tanker’s headlights and was traveling along the wires toward the engine compartment.

He said it was, however, extinguished by the driver and his mate with help from passersby with fire extinguishers.

Mr Ackah said upon reaching the scene, personnel from the GNFS also cooled off the affected areas to prevent an imminent explosion.