By Nicholas Osei Wusu
One person has been burnt to death and another seriously injured following a petrol tanker fire at Adubinso in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region.
The injured victim is receiving treatment at the Tafo Government Hospital in Kumasi, where medical staff describe the condition as serious.
The blaze also destroyed property in the area, including one house and a printing press. At least nine small container-based businesses were also gutted by the fire.
Eyewitnesses say a driver’s mate involved in the incident managed to rescue a nursing mother and her two children before the fire spread further.
The tanker is reported to have been involved in an accident, which triggered the fire. Emergency services are yet to provide full details on the cause of the crash and the extent of the damage.
Authorities are expected to begin investigations into the incident.
Detailed report soon
