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Fire fighters commended for saving Sokoban-Ampayoo community from gas tanker explosion

  Residents of Sokoban Ampayoo in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region have applauded personnel of the fire service for the swiftness in saving lives and property in a gas tanker accident. The tanker, loaded with 55,500 litres of gas, turned over on the Sokoban-Ampayoo road after a …

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Kumasi: Locals rush to siphon fuel from overturned tanker (Video)

By: brightwebtv nana asare barimah   Locals rushed to the single-vehicle collision scene with their receptacles to fetch the over 50,000 litres of diesel from the tanker, officials confirmed    The overturned tanker at the accident scene There was mad rush to siphon fuel from an overturned tanker on Sunday …

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Three burnt to death in fuel tanker explosion [Photos]

  By:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah Three persons, including a mother and daughter, have been burnt to death after a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, exploded. The incident occurred in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Nigeria on Sunday, November 28. According to reports, the tanker overturned around 04.45 …

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A/R: Three feared dead in fuel tanker explosion

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Eyewitnesses say the fuel tanker lost control and rammed into a passenger vehicle on the Kumasi-Tepa road Monday (24 May)  4,639 1 minute read  Fuel tanker explosion | Source: 3news.com At least three persons are reportedly dead after a fuel tanker overturned and caught fire at Onyina Nofo, a community …

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2 dead, 1 injured after petrol tanker explodes in Wa

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah Two persons have died in Wa in the Upper West Region after a tanker containing petrol blew up. The deceased, 24-year-old Amidu and 20-year-old Issahaku, were welding the leakages on the tanker at the Wa Magazine when the explosion happened. One person who was passing by …

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Students of Mampong Akwapem Presbyterian SHS, teachers, others flee as gas tanker catches fire at school’s entrance

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Diesel Tankers gutted by fire A liquefied petroleum gas tanker with registration number GN7453-15 which was fully-loaded with fuel has caught fire at Mampong Akwapem. According to an eyewitnesse, the gas tanker, which was travelling from Accra, caught fire at Mampong-Akwapem in the Akwapem-North Municipality in …

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2-year-old dies from fuel tanker fire in Takoradi

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Diesel Tankers gutted by fire The body of a two-year-old boy has been retrieved after two tankers caught fire at Apremdo in Takoradi, Wednesday afternoon. The boy was sleeping in one of the container shops the fire spread to. It is not clear if anyone knew he …

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Tanker driver jailed for setting vehicle ablaze

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced the tanker driver who, together with his mate and another accomplice, sold the contents of a diesel tanker and later set it ablaze to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour. The convict, Awudu Yakubu, 34, pleaded guilty to all four counts …

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Court remands driver, mate in alleged fuel tanker arson case

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The fuel tanker after it was allegedly set ablaze The fuel tanker after it was allegedly set ablaze An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a tanker driver and his mate who are alleged to have set a diesel tanker ablaze in a bush near …

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BREAKING NEWS: Driver, mate set fuel tanker ablaze

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah A tanker driver and his mate are in the grip of the police for setting ablaze a diesel tanker in a bush near Osino in the Eastern Region after they had emptied and sold its 54,000-litre diesel load. The tanker, with GH¢280,260 worth of diesel from Fuel …

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