{"id":391204,"date":"2018-01-13T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T09:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391204"},"modified":"2018-01-14T09:19:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T09:19:30","slug":"passengers-escape-unscathed-as-stc-bus-bursts-into-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/passengers-escape-unscathed-as-stc-bus-bursts-into-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers escape unscathed as STC bus bursts into flames"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Intercity State Transport Company (STC) Bus was gutted by fire early this [Saturday] morning on the Peki-Kpeve stretch of the Eastern Corridor Road while conveying passengers to Nkwanta.<\/p>\n
According to eyewitnesses, the bus from Accra reached a spot between Peki and Kpeve when the driver\u2019s dashboard suddenly burst into flames.<\/p>\n
The fire spread through the vehicle resulting in a\u00a0stampede as passengers forced their way out to safety.<\/p>\n
The passengers, who mostly had their luggage loaded in vehicle’s boot, made frantic efforts to douse the fire but were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
They all watched in despair as the bus with Registration number GC 5099 was completely razed by the inferno.<\/p>\n
\u201cPassengers on board did everything possible to quench the fire by throwing sand onto the bus but could not stop it\u201d an eyewitness recounted.<\/p>\n
None of the occupants of the bus suffered any injuries but Citi News<\/strong> understands that all luggage and other items on the bus were lost in the fire.<\/p>\n It is unclear what might have caused the fire but a source at the State Transport Company, who confirmed the incident to Citi News<\/strong>, said their outfit would soon officially inform the public on the details.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: King Nobert Akpablie\/ctifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Intercity State Transport Company (STC) Bus was gutted by fire early this [Saturday] morning on the Peki-Kpeve stretch of the Eastern Corridor Road while conveying passengers to Nkwanta. According to eyewitnesses, the bus from Accra reached a spot between Peki and Kpeve when the driver\u2019s dashboard suddenly burst into flames. The fire spread through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":391209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[412,3,16113,1035],"yoast_head":"\n