A water tanker belonging to Nag Fairmount Construction Company, the contractor working on the dualisation of the Kasoa–Winneba Highway, has been burnt to ashes at Gomoa Akotsi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.
According to eyewitnesses, the driver had been watering the highway when, minutes later, they saw smoke from the vehicle, which immediately caught fire.
However, the driver escaped unhurt as he managed to jump out through the window before the fire completely engulfed the vehicle.
They told Adom News they quickly alerted the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), but the front section of the tanker had already been burnt before firefighters arrived.
The cause of the fire is yet to be established.
