More than
500 traders lost their sources of livelihood when an inferno engulfed sections
of the Kumasi Central Market early yesterday.
The fire, which began about 1:30 a.m., razed
down about 300 shops and stalls, destroying food items, cosmetics, cloths,
jewellery and wigs, among other items.
It took the Personnel
of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) who responded to a distress call four hours to bring the fire under control.
Sources from the GNFS say they could not access the market fast enough due to haphazard nature of
portions of the Central Market or else the harm caused by the frame would have
reduced.
The two fire
fighter’s tanks could not enter the market, they had to be parked about 400
metres away from the scene of the fire for the fire.
The fire incident
did not only destroy goods, one fire
officer, Mr Justice Acheampong, also slipped and fell and got injured in the process and was
immediately rushed to the hospital.
The latest
fire outbreak is the fifth to have occurred at the Kumasi Central Market in
three years.
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