City authorities from the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly on Monday supervised the cleaning and clearing of the debris that was left from the inferno that razed stores and their wares within the neighbourhood of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) last Sunday. The fire, which began around 1 p.m., gutted over 50 shops that deal in […]
Tag: Fire Outbreaks
44 lives lost and GH₵29m worth of properties destroyed in fire incidents in 2018, plus details of regional fire outbreaks
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra Figures from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) indicate that 44 people perished while 64 sustained various degrees of injury in fire disasters in 2018. The 2018 deaths represent a 33% increase, compared to the 33 people who perished in 2017. Also, injured persons recorded a 29% drop from 90 […]