Quick action by the Nakonde District Council’s Fire Brigade and the local people of Chilolwa in Nakonde district last night saved a truck from being burnt to ashes.
Scania truck carrying steel from the port of Dar-es-salaam caught fire following a tyre burst.
Fire fighters fought running battles to save the truck from being totally burnt to ashes.
Driver, Harry Rashid,36, who commended the fire fighters and the local people for their quick response, said he immediately stopped his truck after one of the tyres burst.
” However when I disembarked, I just saw fire coming from tyre. I immediately called for help, ” he said.
Elsewhere, another truck ferrying cooking oil to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR- Congo ) has careered off the road and plunged into a tree almost at the same spot in Chilolwa.
However, no injuries were recorded though several litres of cooking oil has been lost as it spilled on the tarmac.
Police officers quickly rushed to the scene to prevent the goods from being looted and kept vegil over night as they waited for another truck to come.
ZANIS
This is one messed up article. How do the fire brigade have running battles?! With who?
Iwe chi bla bla uletashako ifintu limolimo
This is a job well done.Keep it up!
waba elyobe uletashya chi bla bla