Tag Archives: BUSH FIRE

Reports reaching Rainbow Radio indicate that two children, age 6 and 15 have been burnt to death by bush fire in Nasia in the North East Region. According to a witness, Abdul Latif, a resident of Nasia, who confirmed the incident, the two boys died while helping their father on …

A young girl has lost her life while another is in critical condition in bushfire incident that trapped them inside their room. The incident occurred at Issifu Korpe, a fishing community on Digya Island in Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region on February 8, 2020. Information gathered indicates …

John Dimah, the 2019 National Best maize farmer has lost 31 acres of his maize farmland to fire in Tumu in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Tumu, Mr Dimah said a total of 31 acres were …

Twenty-nine (29) electricity poles belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Sogakope, South Tongu District, and erected along the sea defence stretch of the Keta-Havedzi road in the Keta Municipality, have been burnt by bushfires. Twenty-one (21) of them were high tension poles and the remaining eight (service …

Australian authorities say an “unprecedented” number of emergency-level bushfires are threatening the state of New South Wales (NSW). More than 90 blazes were raging across the state on Friday. Gusty winds and up to 35C heat have exacerbated the fires, many of which are in drought-affected areas. There are reports …