A bus belonging to the State Transport Company (STC) burst into flames on the Kumasi-Asafo overhead on Friday night.
A video of the incident sighted by GhanaWeb shows the bus engulfed in flames with thick black smoke rising.
According to reports, the Accra-bound bus caught fire in the middle of the road while ascending the Asafo overhead in Kumasi.
Passengers on the bus escaped unhurt but lost their luggage and other items to the fire.
Meanwhile, some 13 persons were reported dead in an accident at Awoshie in Accra.
The incident is said to have occurred around 3:40 am on Saturday, December 23, 2023, when a vehicle registered as GW 6302-21 collided with an unattended truck bearing the registration GB 8896-21.
JUST IN: An STC bus traveling from Accra caught fire in the middle of the road on the Kumasi-Asafo overhead. Fortunately, all passengers on board escaped unhurt, but they lost their luggage and other items in the bus. pic.twitter.com/D421hvOuW2
— EDHUB????ℹ (@eddie_wrt) December 22, 2023
STC bus catches fire at Asafo in Kumasi
— DailyGraphic GraphicOnline (@Graphicgh) December 22, 2023
???? Look pic.twitter.com/B6Y5NBRlQH
STC bus on fire at Asafo boys nearly lashed the fire service when they arrived cox it shouldn’t have taken them more than 5mins to be there pic.twitter.com/4ICUslMlZ9
— gloryboy (@RoGoat7) December 22, 2023
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