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Fire guts building at Police Headquarters

Fire Thursday afternoon gutted a building at the Police Headquarters in Accra, a news brief from the Police has said. It said the Ghana National Fire Service was at the scene and had succeeded in bringing the situation under control. The brief said no casualties were recorded and the cause …

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Kumasi: Gas tanker catches fire; driver and conductor rushed to hospital [PHOTOS]

A gas tanker driver and his conductor have been rushed to the hospital after their vehicle fell on its side and caught fire at Sokoban Ampayoo in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. Firefighters struggled for hours before dousing the flame. They managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas. …

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PHOTOS: 3 cars catch fire in separate accidents at Winneba

Two cars burnt to ashes while another one was partially burnt within three hours on Saturday, February 4, 2023. These incidents are said to have occurred at Winneba and Gomoa Adawkwa in the Central Region. The cause of the fire is still unknown. Winneba Municipal Fire Service Commander, DO2 Kwesi …

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Ablakwa vs. Kusi Boateng: Akufo-Addo’s lawyer under fire for unpopular take

Kow Essuman, counsel to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has come under fire on social media after he shared his views on the Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng issue. Ablakwa, who is the Member of Parliament for North Tongu has defended his decision to publish publicly private …

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Fire sweeps over 15 shops, houses at Tema Community Two

Some residents and traders at Tema Community Two, near the mosque close to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust Flats (SSNIT) are counting the cost of an inferno which swept through over 15 structures and shops last night, February 1, 2023. The fire outbreak, which started around 18:30 hours …

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Three persons dead after fire guts building at Abuakwa

     Residents of Abuakwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya municipality of the Ashanti Region have been left devastated following a fire incident. The fire incident killed a mother, her daughter and a granddaughter after they suffered burns and suffocated after inhaling smoke from the fire. The fire incident according to information …

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Cause of fire that killed police officer, family revealed

A faulty air-condition is suspected to have caused the inferno that killed the late Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi at Apromase near Kumasi on Monday dawn. The deceased security officer, said to be 35 years old, was unfortunately burnt beyond recognition together with his wife, Yaa Achiaa, and their three months …

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PHOTOS: Police officer wife and child die in fire outbreak at Apromase Police Barracks

A police officer with the anti-robbery unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command has been burnt to death in a fire that gutted the Apromase police barracks in the Ejisu Municipality where he lived with his family. The officer died together with his wife, and child in the fire disaster …

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Fire guts 4-bedroom apartment in Assin South District

Property worth hundreds of Ghana cedis and an amount of GH¢15.000.00 got burnt to ashes when fire gutted a 4-bedroom apartment at Assin Adubiase in the Assin South District of the Central. No deaths were recorded as occupants were not at home during the incident around 22:00 hours. However, household …

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VIDEO: Fire destroys shops at Hohoe lorry station

A fire outbreak at Hohoe lorry station on Sunday, January 15, 2023 has destroyed shops and goods worth thousands of cedis. The cause of the fire which affected the shops near the Hohoe market is immediately not known. An eyewitness, known as Kwami, told Myoriginalonline.com that more than 20 shops …

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