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There were several pictures on various social media to testify to the numerous jerry cans that were used to by motorists to store petrol when news broke recently that Ghana, had been hit with fuel shortages. Although many rode in their cars to various gas stations, they ended up holding their personal jerry cans to buy fuel flowing directly from the nuzzle of fuel dispenser. It is on this note that the Director of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre (RPS&BC) at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has called on government to immediately enact laws which prohibits the sale of fuel in unapproved jerry cans. Dr. Opoku Ware Amposah, explained in an interview with Peace FM that out of hundred cases that were reported to his outfit, thirty five of them were patients who had suffered severe burns from either gas or petrol. �Just three days ago, we admitted a patient who has suffered severe burns from petrol and his condition is terrible�, he said. He continued that if people wanted to continue storing the combustible product in jerry cans, then they must do well to purchase the right cans. Dr. Amposah made it clear that often, when petrol is kept in unapproved containers, one could easily smell the product from few meters way; which according to him is a dangerous practice. �This way of keeping petrol can easily cause fire outbreak in an event someone lights fire�, he added.