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A 90-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy have reportedly died from a fire outbreak recorded at Worakese near Asante Mampong in the Ashanti Region. This was after a fire, which according to firefighters, started around 3:40am, razed through a five-bedroom house on Friday March 11, 2022. Ghana National Fire Service …

Personnel of the Accident Prevention Squad (APS) of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) in Kyebi in the Eastern Region are frantically working to ensure that the Osino to Nsutam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway is free to traffic. This is because a fuel tanker caught fire Monday afternoon …

A raging fire that destroyed property in a house at Gyinyaase in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti region over the weekend also killed a husband and wife. Per information gathered from the Ghana Fire Service in the Ashanti Region, the fire started shortly after midnight. Personnel of the Fire …

Over 100 tonnes of scraps worth Ghc 250,000 have been burnt to ashes at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The inferno, which started around 2:00am on Saturday night ravaged through a major part of the scrap yard. It took fire officers several hours to douse …

A fire outbreak that occurred at Kotei on the dawn of Friday, March 11 has claimed the lives of a couple after they were burnt beyond recognition. Mr. Godfred Konyo, about 54, and his wife, Mrs. Happy Danso, 50, were said to have slept when the unfortunate incident occurred. Kwame …

The New Patriotic Party’s Chairman for the Bono Region, Kwame Baffoe has taken a jab at former President John Dramani Mahama, for his comment over the Supreme Court ruling that a Deputy Speaker can engage in vote casting while presiding over Parliamentary affairs. According to the Chairman who is best known …

The Ghana Railways Company Limited has explained that a false fire alarm on a Takoradi-bound train on Thursday caused a stampede that left more than 50 passengers injured. According to the company, a non-critical smoke that was detected from the engine compartment of the train caused some passengers to panic …

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. …

Reports in the local media indicate that five wee smoking ghettos at Kasoa in the Central Region have been razed down by fire. According to a report by Accra-based OKAY FM’s Jacob Kubi, the cause of the fire is not readily known. However, grapevine information indicates that a member of …

Some Angry youth of Nantwi Kumye, a suburb of Bibiani in the Western North Region have attacked the Bibiani Fire Service station. This happened on Sunday February 27. According to reports, the fire officers could not respond swiftly when they were informed about a fire disaster at Nantwi Kumye. The …