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18 Dec

Mysterious Fire Outbreak At Bibiani: Over 15 Rendered Homeless

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Over 15 persons have been rendered homeless in a mysterious house fire at at Bibiani Old Town in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal of the Western North Region. The fire which stated at around 9:30 on Monday, December 18 gutted all nine rooms. Bibiani Municipal Fire Commander, D.O.2 Enock Tetteh, confirmed to Adom News that they had a distressed call that there was a domestic fire outbreak at Bibiani Old Town. When they got to the scene, he said they managed to quenched the fire but shortly there was another fire in a separate room. Efforts to by personnel to…

24 Oct

SSNIT Must Ensure Safety Of Local Markets, Help Makola Fire Victims – GUTA

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The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has criticized the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for putting up a market with inadequate structural planning for traders in the central business district. This comes after a fire gutted Accra’s Makola Shopping Mall over the weekend, resulting in the destruction of approximately 200 makeshift structures. Items including jewelry, perfumes, wigs, cosmetics, hair products, and dresses worth millions of Ghana cedis were consumed by the late-night inferno. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties, although the cause of the fire remains unknown. Speaking toCiti News during an inspection tour of the market, the…

12 Apr

Northern Region Records 106 Fire Outbreaks In First Quarter Of 2023

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The Northern Region has recorded 106 fire outbreaks in the first quarter of 2023. It is estimated that these fires cost damage to properties worth GH₵898,385. This is a decrease of 36.53% in fire outbreaks for the period under review as against 167 fire outbreaks with a cost of damage to properties at GH₵1,257760.2 for the same period in 2022. The cost of items salvaged from these fires amounted to GH₵18,946,131 for 2023 as against GH₵4,037,727 for the same period in 2022. A 78.69% increase in items salvaged was recorded in 2023. According to the data, on average one fire…

03 Feb

Fire Sweeps Through Over 15 Shops, Houses At Tema Community Two

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Some residents and traders at Tema Community Two, near the mosque close to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) flats, are counting their loss after fire swept through over 15 structures and shops last night, February 1, 2023. The fire outbreak, which started around 18:30 hours on Wednesday consumed several shops. Seven shops were described as totally burnt. The shops included two drinking spots, one electrical repair shop, one bicycle repairing shop, one pen for livestock, and two places of abode. Mr Joseph Kojo Anderson a shop owner in an interview at the scene, told the Ghana News…

16 Jan

Police Officer And Family Dead As Fire Destroys Barracks In Kumasi

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An anti-robbery unit personnel of the Ashanti Regional Police Command and his family have been burnt to death in a fire outbreak. The fire destroyed the police barracks where the officer and his family lived. According to reports, he died together with his wife and child. The Assembly Member for the Apromase/Asawase Electoral area, Ernest Kwarteng who confirmed the news said they are waiting for investigations into the cause of the fire outbreak. “According to eyewitnesses, the fire swept through one of the rooms where the officer, his wife and daughter were,” he said. “The police came in but we…