A Wesley Grammar School bus carrying 83 students has caught fire.
Reports suggest the bus carrying students of Wesley Grammar School caught fire at the Kasoa Tollbooth on Friday, November 28.
All 83 students and five teachers on board at the time of the incident managed to escape.
Sports Teacher Richard Boafo, who was on board accompanying the students to Ngleshie Amanfro Senior High School for a sporting event, revealed everyone on board was able to evacuate safely with no injuries.
Speaking to Citi News on Friday, Sports Teacher Richard Boafo stated, “We noticed smoke coming out of the bus, so we asked all the students to move out immediately. Fortunately, all 83 students and five teachers on board escaped safely, but the bus was completely burnt to ashes.”
In related fire news, a video has been shared on social media of a tragic moment a mother told firefighters of the Ghana National Fire Service that her daughter was still trapped in the Dansoman fire.
In the 36-second video shared the mother, who was willing to go get her daughter in the blazing fire, was asked where she was heading, and she stated, “My child is inside”.
Some Ghanaians who were helping the firefighters at the time were shocked, telling the woman by now the daughter will be dead, as the area in which she was had been brunt down.
Providing an update on the fire, GNFS’ Alex King Nartey wrote, “The sad moment the mother realised that she has lost her daughter to the fire. Words can’t describe the sadness and shock.”
“At 00:02 hrs, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) received a distress call reporting a fire outbreak at the Dansoman Market. The first crew from Dansoman Fire Station arrived at 00:04 hrs and met the blaze at an advanced stage, spreading rapidly in all directions,” the service stated.
According to reports, the woman left their home at the market to get food and was told the market was on fire, adding that her home is in Kasoa, but she stays in the market as she is learning a trade.
