Some personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service National Headquarters successfully extinguished a car fire on Tuesday after receiving a distress call at Labone.

The incident involved a Mercedes Benz with registration number GM 708-21 that caught fire after colliding with an electricity pole at the Labone Free Zones office.

A video shared on X by SIKAOFFICIAL showed the driver confessing to dozing off, which led to the accident.

According to the driver, he managed to get back on the road but immediately saw that the car had caught fire.

The vehicle was almost burnt beyond recognition before the fire service arrived.

In the video, an unknown voice was heard interviewing the driver about what led to the fire and he said "It's tiredness, I just dozed off before I realised the car hit a pole. I managed to move the car to that position and I saw fire coming out of the car.

"We called the fire service many times, but they didn't come. They just arrived."

In the voiceover in the video, the narrator said, "As you can see, the fire service just arrived. They are trying to douse the flames. He tells me it is one of the Chinese vehicles."


See the video below:

In times like these people need to remember they have the right to remain silent. The driver of the vehicle just admited gross negligence on his part lmao https://t.co/YVH4rSftRw

— The Happy MC (@Eddy_Acquah) August 21, 2024