Metro Mass bus filled with acid, marijuana catches fire

A Metro Mass bus transporting passengers from the nation's capital, Accra, to Obuasi-Dunkwa in the Ashanti Region, caught fire on the Accra-Cape Coast highway close to Apam on Monday, May 6, 2024.

A viral video of the scene showed parts of the Metro Mass bus and the goods inside it completely burnt.

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service, who brought the situation under control, indicated that preliminary investigations point to the fire being started by a substance suspected to be acid, which was found in the bus.

What surprised everyone, including the fire service personnel, was the presence of a large volume of a substance suspected to be marijuana, also known as Indian hemp, in the Metro Mass, a government-owned public transport.

It is very shocking that Metro Mass, a government vehicle, would be found with such substances.

He urged the authorities of government public transport operators to check the items they load in their vehicles because criminals might be using them for their activities, knowing that government vehicles like Metro Mass are not checked by security officials.

"So, I'm pleading that the items loaded in government vehicles are first checked," he said.