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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. …

Fire has gutted the Timber market in Tema destroying several shops and properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis in the process. The fire which started around 12 pm on Wednesday quickly spread to different parts of the market according to eyewitnesses. Videos obtained by Starrfm.com.gh showed helpless personnel from the …

An 11-year-old girl Tuntaya Abdul-Samed has been burnt to death in a domestic fire outbreak at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred around 1:57 pm Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The regional Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service, DOIII Peter Addai …

Angry youth of Akyim Asunafo have razed down the building of suspected person who fired gunshots during a land clash. The suspect is said to be one of the culprits who attacked and injured over eight residents over dispute relating to the ownership of a galamsey site. One person has been confirmed …

The intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service at the accident and fire scene at Adiewoso on the Agona Nkwanta-Elubo Road in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region saved five persons from perishing. The five victims, who were critically injured as a result of the accident and the …

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 …

Another vehicle has caught fire at Adiewoso, a community in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. The sad incident happened in the early hours of Friday, March 25. An eyewitness told the host of Omanbapa morning show on Connect FM, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, that the vehicle, a Rhino truck, was heading …

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, there was a fire outbreak at the building complex that houses our Kisseiman branch near Achimota in the Greater Accra Region. The fire which was detected at 5:11am was successfully extinguished by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) with the support of the …

Two tankers belonging to a coal tar manufacturing company were gutted by fire at Hadeija road in the Kano metropolis. An alarm was raised after residents sighted smoke coming from the premises around 6:55 am on Wednesday March 23. The Kano State Fire Service arrived at the scene at about …

It took the doughty Firefighters one hour 30 minutes to bring a fire involving a Renault petrol tanker truck with registration No. GT 9184–18 under control after dispatch at 1314 hours. The raging ruinous fire was finally knocked down at 3:50 pm using water and foam from three fire engines …