Tag Archives: fire

NPP polls: Thugs set fire, vandalise Kumawu office over nomination forms

Thugs have vandalised and burnt beyond recognition equipment of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s office in Kumawu constituency in the Ashanti region on Thursday, February 24, 2022. The attack allegedly instigated by the constituency chairman Joseph Danso, secretary Fredua Agyeman and one Akoto (Research and Elections) started unfolding on …

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2 Killed In Railway Line Fire

Two persons have lost their lives in a wild inferno which swept through a slum at Railway Line near Odwna, a suburb of Accra Sunday morning. Several wooden structures which serve as dwelling place and commercial activities of the victims have been burnt. In addition, several other properties have been …

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Five rooms, stores razed by fire in Tamale

Five rooms serving as bedrooms, and a number of stores near the Central Market in Tamale were gutted by fire on Sunday dawn. When the Ghana News Agency visited the scene, it observed that there was no casualty. However, property worth thousands of Ghana Cedis, including physical cash, had been …

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Two persons die in fire outbreak at Odawna

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has reported the death of two persons who died after fire swept through the Railway Line, a slum near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. According to a statement by the GNFS, the two were caught up in the fire in a wooden structure. …

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17 burnt to death as petrol tanker catches fire in Nigerian state

No fewer than 17 persons died when a tanker caught fire along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in the Ogun State of Nigeria. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, February 18 before the Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, …

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Fire guts storey building at Obuasi

Fire has gutted a storey building at new Biakoyeden in the Obuasi Municipality. The property which is owned by a chinese national got torched this morning. The cause of inferno on Thursday dawn is yet to be established. However several unquantifiable properties have been destroyed. Source: 3news.com

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VIDEO: Irate youth of Lamashegu sets fire officer’s house ablaze

Some irate youth at Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region have set the house of a fire officer ablaze. The youth had threatened to take revenge over a police shooting in the area on Sunday. But there was a mistaken identity as a policeman who was believed to be a target …

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One dead, 4 injured in Kwame Danso fire tender accident

One person has died with four fire officers left in critical conditions following an accident involving a motorcycle and a Fire Tender at a section of the Kwame Danso-Atebubu road. The accident occurred at about 10:40 am on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, when the motorbike rider carelessly crossed a Fire …

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Kwame Danso fire service truck somersaults, leaving 5 officers in critical condition

A near fatal accident involving the Kwame Danso Ghana National Fire Services’ fire truck has left five officers in critical condition. According to the Ghana National Fire Service, the incident occurred at about 10:40 am on Tuesday, on a section of the Kwame-Danso Atebubu highway when the fire truck was …

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Fire outbreak on Kwahu Mountain: Assembly sends strong signal to perpetrators

After several engagements to ensure fire outbreak which normally occurs during the dry season on Kwahu Mountain is prevented, some unknown persons have turned a deaf ear over this call. Agoo News reports that another unwanted development has occurred despite a keen monitoring exercise by stakeholders in Kwahu. Part of …

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