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Fire destroyed several properties, running into thousands of cedis, at Town Council Line, Latebiokorshie, in the Ablekuma Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, yesterday. Properties destroyed included one brand new car, two kiosks, container serving as a home, cylinders, two blenders, rice cooker, television set and clothes. The incident …

Eight rented uncompleted rooms have been burnt into ashes at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. In an interview with some settlers who were able to escape from their rooms, they said around 8:am they heard an explosion from one of the electric poles in front of their house. …

The Asokwa Municipal Fire Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has begun investigations into a fire outbreak that razed about 15 makeshift structures at Kaase-Fari in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, August 19, 2020. No casualties were however recorded due to …

A three-year-old girl has been burnt to death after fire consumed a five-bedroom house she lived in at Nkenkensu in the Offinso North District in the Ashanti Region. The cause of the fire which occurred on Monday is unknown. The Offinso North District Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation …

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency has set up a disaster recovery fund for victims of Friday night’s fire at ‘Kiosks Estate’ near Shiashie in Accra. The fire ravaged stores and make-shift structures, rendering hundreds, mostly squatters, homeless. The cause of the fire is not yet known …

A warehouse and other properties close to the central business district in Takoradi have been razed down by fire, destroying dozens of properties. According to some eyewitness accounts, the cause of the fire, which started around 1 am on Saturday, August 15 is yet to be established. Empire News’ Emmanuel …

More than 50 wooden structures were destroyed on Friday night, August 14, 2020 when fire gutted parts of Shiashi a suburb of Accra. The fire which started at around 9:30pm destroyed a large number of properties including business shops and wooden structures which served as homes to hundreds of people. …

Fire service personnel are back at the Electoral Commission’s Accra Regional office after the fire at the premises reignited after it was doused. The fire originally started on Friday around 2 am and firemen spent hours trying to control the inferno at the office located at Sapeiman near Amasaman According …

A two-bedroom house has been gutted by fire at Akyem Akropong in Atiwa West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The fire consumed all household properties in the house. It took the strenuous effort of Firefighters to douse the blazing fire. No casualty or injury was recorded but all four occupants …

Four people have died after two structures caught fire in separate incidents in Cape Town on Wednesday. Cape Town Fire and Rescue services found two men and a woman burnt to death after they received an alert of a fire at an informal settlement in Phase 2, PW Mama Way …