GH¢800,000 worth of goods lost in Kia Rhino truck fire at Amanfrom

Goods estimated at GH¢800,000 have been lost after a Kia Rhino truck carrying refrigerators, generators, gas burners and chairs caught fire at Amanfrom on the Apedwa-Kibi road in the Eastern Region.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, October 8.

According to the GNFS, firefighters from the Kibi Fire Station were alerted at 3:14 a.m. and arrived at the scene at 3:32 a.m. to find the truck, with registration number GE 4273-26, fully engulfed in flames.

The crew, led by ADO II Michael Kwakye, used two hose lines with foam to bring the fire under control at 4:00 a.m. before extinguishing it completely at 4:28 a.m.

The driver told firefighters that he and two other occupants were travelling from Tema to Kumasi when they stopped to rest and fell asleep.

They reportedly woke up after passers-by alerted them to the fire and escaped through the windscreen.

No casualties were recorded in the incident.

The GNFS said the cause of the fire was under investigation.