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Fire has destroyed over 50 shops at the Techiman market in the Bono East region. Reports indicate the fire was caused by a nearby refuse dump traders burnt after a clean-up exercise on Saturday. The fire is said to have started at a second-hand clothing lane in the market and …

The fire that gutted the vast forest on the Kwawu Mountain has raged on for one month and destroyed about 80 percent of the vegetation. So far, about 20 percent of trees left in the forest many also be ravaged by the inferno. Checks also revealed that the hills of …

Personnel of the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Police Headquarters yesterday shot and killed a suspected armed robber at Ntuaso in the Eastern Region. However, seven colleagues of the dead person fled with gunshot injuries. After receiving a distress call from a source, the personnel proceeded to Ntuaso in …

Dagomba line, which is one of the biggest slums in Kumasi, has been gutted again by fire. The cause of the fire on Friday was not immediately known but sources suspected it started from a certain room. The inferno, which travelled at top speed due to the dryness of the …

A man in the United State of America, set his children’s mother on fire as he forced the kids to watch in freezing temperatures in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Valentine’s Day. Family members say they got a call that the victim, Savannah Bailey, was set on fire, along with her home. …

A fire has gutted tens of make-shift residential structures, amid unconfirmed reports of missing children, at Aboabo Dabgomba Line in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital. The slum is home to thousands of porters popularly known as ‘kayayei’ and scrap dealers. Watch the video below: Luv News Editor, Saeed Ali Yaqub reported that …

Fire on Wednesday morning gutted seven shops close to the Wa Multi-Purpose Sports Complex here in the Upper West Region. Wares ranging from building materials to food items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis got destroyed by the fire. According to eye witnesses, the fire started around 10am but they were …

The Chairman of the Peoples National Convention, (PNC) Bernard Mornah  and his family escaped unhurt after fire gutted their house on Thursday at Madina. The fire broke out in the morning and ripped through a large portion of the house. However, the timely arrival of the firefighters salvaged the situation. …

A young girl has lost her life while another is in critical condition in bushfire incident that trapped them inside their room. The incident occurred at Issifu Korpe, a fishing community on Digya Island in Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region on February 8, 2020. Information gathered indicates …

A 19-year-old boy, Solomon Tetteh, has been arrested by the Police for setting fire into the room of his 28-year-old girlfriend, Abigail Tei, for breaking up with him. The arson attack occurred Sunday morning at Huhunya a community near Nkruakan in the Eastern region. The suspect broke into the room …