Fire Service contains truck fire on Adugyama-Bechem highway

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) on Sunday successfully contained a fire involving a cargo truck loaded with rice on the Adugyama–Bechem highway near the Star Oil Filling Station at Adugyama.

According to reports, the truck with registration number GT-1350-U was transporting over 2,500 bags of rice from Côte d’Ivoire to Kumasi when it was involved in an accident, leading to the fire outbreak.

The Tepa Fire Station said it received a distress call at 4:53 p.m. and immediately dispatched a crew of five firefighters. The team arrived at the scene at 5:40 p.m., managed to bring the fire under control by 6:40 p.m., and completely extinguished it at 8:13 p.m.

While the driver’s mate sustained a minor injury, firefighters were able to salvage over 600 bags of rice from the truck.

The vehicle, however, sustained major damage. The GNFS said investigations are ongoing to determine the exact cause of the fire.