There was a mad rush for free fuel yesterday May 1, in Kaase, a suburb of Kumasi as residents attempted to siphon fuel after a diesel tanker had overturned in the community.
According to a Joy News report, the long vehicle carrying fifty-four thousand litres of diesel fell off as it negotiated a curve leading to the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company (BOST) depot at Kaase on the Kaase-Ahodwo road, near the Asokwa industrial area.
ADO II Ebenezer Graham, personnel from the Asokwa fire sub-station briefing the media said:
“Normally when there is an incident of this nature we always tell people to run away from the scene. But they rather came looking for something. What happened was that the tanker was initiating a curve and it didn’t get it right and fell”
He added, “the main road had been blocked and the only alternative was this rough road and he didn’t get it right so the thing got down.”
Meanwhile, residents have siphoned the diesel as they stored several drums of diesel in their homes before the Police and Fire Service personnel could get to the scene.
Watch the video below:
A/R: Mad rush for fuel at Kaase, a suburb of Kumasi as Fuel tanker overturns!!
— Kessben Media (@kessbenmedia) May 1, 2022
This can explode ???? oooh! Eishhh Ghanaians ???? pic.twitter.com/ba3ZaPHaAK
