Fire has razed to the ground a 16-bedroom house and rendered 45 occupants homeless at Baakoniaba, a Sunyani suburb. The fire, which started around 1035 hours Wednesday, destroyed property and personal belongings running to millions of Ghana cedis. No casualty was reported and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) said …
Read More »Windstorm destroys tents at Appiatse
Several tents housing residents of Appiatse at the Dumasi Resettlement Camp have been destroyed by a windstorm that swept through the area on Friday April 8. Several houses and trees in the area have also been affected. Prestea Huni Valley Municipal Director of the National Disdaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Francis …
Read More »Fire destroys 15 shops at Suame Magazine
Fire has gutted about 15 shops at Suame Magazine industrial cluster, in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. Mechanic shops at the Zone 13 of the Suame Magazine enclave were also destroyed by the inferno. An eye witness who had his shop burnt said “I had a distress call around 3AM. …
Read More »Fire destroys part of Akatsi Municipal Hospital
The main surgical theatre of the Akatsi Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region was on Saturday razed by fire. The fire, which started around 1100 hours, on Saturday, however, did not extend to other units of the hospital. Mr Karikari Bonsu, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital in an engagement …
Read More »Aflao Customs destroys expired and contraband goods
The Aflao Sector Command of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has destroyed expired and prohibited goods worth an estimated duty element of GH¢50,339.68. The six-truckload full of goods, which included 7,218 packages of assorted pharmaceutical products, 563 packets of assorted cigarettes and 3,638 pieces of assorted electricity …
Read More »Fire destroys 5 rooms at Bibiani Natwikumye
Fire has swept through five rooms at a compound house at Natwikumye, a suburb of Bibiani in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. The incident which occurred on Tuesday, 8 March 2022, destroyed the property of the occupants of the rooms and has left them displaced. …
Read More »Heavy downpour destroys property at Assin Anwiasu
The Assin District office of the National Management Organisation (NADMO) has taken inventory to enable it to support some 60 households who had their property destroyed during a powerful windstorm accompanied by heavy rains at Assin Anwiasu . The rains left many residents in the area devastated and stranded as …
Read More »Fire destroys 200-hectare rice farm at Agege
Fire outbreak has caused extensive destruction to 200 hectares of rice farm at Agege, a farming community in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region. Mr. Tikuni Alhassan, the Assemblyman for Tahiru Akura Electoral, and the farm’s owner told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) personnel of the fire …
Read More »Wontumi’s ‘boys’ allegedly destroy over GH¢3m worth of mining equipment at Kotokuom
Mining equipment valued at over 3 million Ghana cedis have been destroyed by two unidentified soldiers in a company of six others persons led by one Edward Kwasi Akuoko, a mining aide to Ashanti regional chairman of the NPP Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi. The raid at the Integrity …
Read More »Fire destroys property at Asankragwa in Western Region
The community of Asankragwa in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region is currently in a state of disbelief following a fire outbreak that has destroyed several properties. The outbreak happened on Tuesday evening, at one of the busiest markets in the area. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started …
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