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Gas tanker filled with LPG crashes on Tema motorway

A gas tanker filled with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has crashed on the Tema motorway. According to a 3new.com report, the accident occurred on the dawn of Thursday, April 28, 2022. Personnel of Ghana Fire Service are reported to be on the ground ensuring the tanker does not explode. Also, …

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Two arrested for trying to hijack a fuel tanker

Free State police arrested two foreign nationals for attempting to hijack a fuel tanker on the N5, outside Paul Roux, at midnight on Thursday. The men, aged 35 and 44, are expected to appear in the Senekal Magistrate’s Court on Monday. They face charges of attempted truck hijacking and another …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: 4 killed, at least 18 injured in fiery collision between bus and fuel tanker

At least two people have been killed and scores injured after a fuel tanker collided with a bus filled with passengers in the Eastern Cape on Monday. The Eastern Cape transport department said the N2 between Mthatha and East London has been closed due to the crash. According to Eastern …

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Parts of Tic Tac’s restaurant burnt as petrol tanker catches fire

It took the doughty Firefighters one hour 30 minutes to bring a fire involving a Renault petrol tanker truck with registration No. GT 9184–18 under control after dispatch at 1314 hours. The raging ruinous fire was finally knocked down at 3:50 pm using water and foam from three fire engines …

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Fuel tanker catches fire on Accra-Kumasi highway

Personnel of the Accident Prevention Squad (APS) of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) in Kyebi in the Eastern Region are frantically working to ensure that the Osino to Nsutam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway is free to traffic. This is because a fuel tanker caught fire Monday afternoon …

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17 burnt to death as petrol tanker catches fire in Nigerian state

No fewer than 17 persons died when a tanker caught fire along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in the Ogun State of Nigeria. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, February 18 before the Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, …

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WATCH: Petrol tanker crash causes massive explosion

A petrol tanker flipped and crashed into multiple stores causing a huge explosion and fire in Long Island, New York. The tanker, reportedly carrying around 42,000 litres of petrol, crashed into a vacant furniture store and a beverage store in the early hours of Wednesday morning.   The building was …

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Police probe fuel tanker accident at Onyinanumfo

The Mankranso District Police Command has commenced investigations into last Monday, May 24 fatal accident at Onyinanumfo in the Ahafo-Ano South-West District of the Ashanti Region. Three people, including a two-year-old boy, perished in the accident, while five others, who sustained injuries, were sent to the hospital for treatment. The …

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Three perish, five injured in fuel tanker accident

  Three people, including a two-year-old boy, perished when a speeding fuel tanker was involved in an accident at Onyinanumfo in the Ahafo-Ano South-West District of the Ashanti Region, on Monday, May 24. The tanker said to be carrying diesel from Kumasi, which was to be off-loaded at Tepa, reportedly …

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A tanker driver’s mate mistaken to be an armed robber lynched in Wulugu

Residents of Wulugu in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region upon a robbery attack in the community today Sunday, January 17 mistakenly burnt a tanker driver mate to ashes using car tyres. This was after a robbery incident which occurred in the morning of Sunday around 9 …

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