A speeding Man Diesel Articulated truck heading towards Kumasi direction suddenly caught fire on reaching Mankrong near Teacher-Mante stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway.

The Truck driver managed to park to safety and escaped with his mate before the entire head of the truck was consumed by the blaze.

It took the intervention of some residents to extinguish the fire from spreading to the cargo bed fully loaded with some valuable goods.

The cause of the fire is not known but electrical fault could not be ruled out.

Source: mybrytfmonline.comÂ