A driver and passenger have narrowly escaped death after a KIA truck they were onboard caught fire in the middle of the road at Mankessim in the Central Region.

Reports indicate the truck with registration number GX 89 -12 was transporting mattresses.

However, it is unclear what triggered the fire a few minutes after the driver set off and upon seeing danger, he reportedly fled the scene.

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But witnesses rushed to bring buckets of water to douse the fire before the arrival of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service.