The Ghana Grid Company has said a raging bushfire under its high-voltage lines near Tarkwa caused Saturday’s power outage. A statement by GRIDCo said a fire tender from Tarkwa Goldfields was quickly dispatched to control the raging flames. Meanwhile, restoration of the grid commenced immediately and efforts are ongoing to …
Read More »Bushfire burns man to death at Dodo-Pepesu in Oti Region
Zakari Yussif, a septuagenarian and a farm hand has been burnt by wild bushfire beyond recognition at Dodo-Pepesu in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region. The deceased, a resident of Dapaa Kukurantumi, who was believed to be working on a farm close to the inferno, tried quenching it, but …
Read More »Farmer loses 120 acres of cashew to bushfire
Mr. Jordan Owusu, Chief Executive Officer of De Jordan Agro and investment has lost 120 acres of his cashew farm at “Torgbui Kope” near Kparekpare in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region as a result of bush fire. Mr. Owusu told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that …
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