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The traders who were affected by the Kumasi Kejetia Market fire outbreak have received a monetary donation from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the amount of GH100,000. The delegation, led by the party’s General Secretary, Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua, visited the affected traders on March 20, 2023, and …

Victims of the new Kejetia market fire incident have appealed to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to fulfill the pledge of GHC100, 000 they made to the traders. According to traders, the money will help them to recover some of their losses but nobody has attended to them since …

A contestant on the 2023 edition of British Got Talent shocked viewers and the judges on Sunday with his act. Thomas Vu, 35, left judges speechless when he set himself on fire during his set while solving a Rubik’s cube. The professional stuntman before his performance said that “I want …

A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself on fire earlier this week in what he said was a protest against the “police state” ruling the country, his brother said Friday, April 14. Tunisian footballer Nizar Issaoui has died from burns sustained in a protest against “police injustice”, …

If this were the plot of a movie, it would be too far-fetched to be believable. South African authorities have taken over management of a maximum-security prison run by a private British security firm after a high-profile convicted murderer was accused of faking his death in a fire, then escaping …

Brothels at the Tarkwa railway station have been gutted by fire. The brothels, made of plywood and numbering about fifty cubicles, were totally burnt down by the fire after 4pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Tarkwa. This is the third time the brothels have been guttered by fire within …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the briefing he received from the Ghana National Fire Service indicates that a fire from a trader cooking at the new Kejetia market caused the inferno at the facility last week. According to Dr. Bawumia, the shop owner was cooking inside her shop …

The Kejetia market will be reopened for business tomorrow, Tuesday, 21 March 2023, after a fire explosion swept through some 33 shops of the 8,000-shop avenue last week. The reopening was disclosed by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia when he visited the fire scene in the Ashanti Region. The announcement of …

The Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has recommended closure of the Kumasi Kejetia Market for three working days after fire gutted the market on Wednesday. This, he, said will give management of the market and technical team enough time to assess the level of damage caused by the fire …

A nursing mother showed her bravery when she escaped the Kejetia fire outbreak on a rope with a baby tied to her back. A viral video shared by Twitter user @YellowmanEffect, showed the young mother descending from the top floor of the newly built Kejetia market. Other people who were trapped up …