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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 …

Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, with reports of arrests and injuries. Activists had called for nationwide protests on Saturday on Democracy Day, which marks Nigeria’s move to civilian rule more than 20 years ago, over what they criticise as …

  Fire has gut a compound house in the Ashaiman-Lebanon community destroying properties and leaving two children in mild conditions. According to reports, the incident occurred in the day when the tenant whose room got burnt was absent. “They (tenant) had gone to work. His children too had gone to …

Two persons were Monday injured in an inferno, which burnt fresh fish and property worth thousands of cedis the Elmina Fish Market, leaving fishmongers and fishermen devastated. The fire engulfed a wooden shed where several drums of premixed fuel are kept with fishing inputs. One of the victims, whose injuries …

  The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), a party founded by businessman Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has criticized the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr Ernest Addison for what they claim is inaccurate, unfortunate and misleading remarks made about him in relation to a suit in the United States. A statement signed by …

Two out of three cars, a trailer loaded with charcoal and Picanto caught fire at Akyem – Jejeti, a community near Nkawkaw along the Accra – Kumasi Highway, after one of the drivers carelessly overtook them. The incident occurred when the Picanto driver, from Accra’s direction was on high speed …

  Traders at the Kejetia Market had to catch a late wind of Eid sales on Wednesday as the New Market Complex was closed till 10 o’clock. This was to make room for investigators to cordon off the area which was gutted by fire the night earlier. For the timely …

A fire broke out at a factory in Durban on Monday. Emer-G-Med Firefighters are battling a blaze that started at a factory in Durban on Monday morning. “Firefightes and emergency services are currently at a scene of a fire at Brickfield Road where there is a factory on fire. It …

Fire has gutted over thirty wooden structures at a Krofrom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. A report by CitiNews indicates that the fire started around 2:00am, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Personnel from the Ghana Fire Service have begun investigations into the fire with the cause yet to …

The Limpopo health department and its MEC are working to ascertain the cause of the fire. Image: Limpopo health department via Facebook Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has conveyed condolences to the families of the two victims who died on Tuesday when a ward at Modimolle’s FH Odendaal Hospital in Limpopo …