Fire has gutted portions of a Cargo Terminal at Ashtown in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti destroying about 15 coffins. The ravaging fire which occurred on Saturday September 24,2022 also burnt other valuables amounting to thousands of cedis. OTEC News’ Kwame Agyenim Boateng , said firemen responded promptly to …
Read More »House fire kills 2; injures another in Volta region
A 26-year-old woman at Ahiatsikope, near Dzodze in the Volta Region, Joyce Fianu, and her nine-year-old niece were burnt to death when fire gutted their house last Saturday. The girl was identified as Christie Fianu. Meanwhile, an elder sister of the deceased, Mavis Odor, who sustained serious burns, was rushed …
Read More »PHOTOS: Six shops, vehicles destroyed by fire at Asafo
Six shops and some vehicles have been destroyed at Asafo within the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly of the Ashanti Region after a fire gutted a fitting shop near the Ghana Revenue Authority office. The incident according to eyewitnesses started around 11: 30am on Tuesday morning. It started after some petroleum products …
Read More »Mother and two children burnt to death in fire outbreak at Asuyeboah
A 48-year-old woman and her two children have been burnt to death in a fire disaster at Asuyeboah North near Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region. One person who sustained severe injuries has been admitted at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment. Madam Felicia believed to be in her late …
Read More »PHOTOS: Tenants escape death as fire destroys house at Anyaa
A three-bedroom house has completely been destroyed at Anyaa last stop in the Ga Central Municipality of the Greater Accra region. It took Firefighters a little over an hour to finally douse the heavy fire that occurred on Wednesday at about 10:30 am with the cause yet to be known. …
Read More »A/R: Five persons burnt to ashes in series of fire disasters in three years at Aburaso
Five persons have been burnt to ashes with seven houses destroyed in a series of fire disasters at Aburaso in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti in the last three years. This was revealed by the Assembly member of the Aburaso Electoral area Hon Emmanuel Nyanteng. The fire outbreaks in …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire burns down Dadiesoaba Nursing and Midwifery Training School
Fire has burnt down the Dadiesoaba Nursing and Midwifery Training School in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The cause of the fire is not immediately known but sources revealed that the fire started at about 3pm on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Shockingly, fire service personnel responded to …
Read More »VIDEO: Part of Samuel Jinapor’s private residence gutted by fire
Portions of the private residence of Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has been gutted by fire. The incident of Friday, September 2, 2022 occurred around 11:30am at the facility located at Adjiringanor, a suburb of Accra. In a video widely circulated on social media, a plume of …
Read More »Fire guts Bawku West District Assembly building
Fire has destroyed portions of the Bawku West District Assembly building in the Upper East Region. The fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 8:00pm. Several documents, computers, printers, shockers, fans, ceilings, tables and chairs, louvres and other belongings were …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire officer caught on CCTV shoplifting
An officer of the Ghana National Fire Service in the Upper East Region has been dismissed for misconduct. Ibrahim Mohammed Alemiakurugo was captured on a Closed-Circuit Television Circuit (CCTV) footage shoplifting and going on to steal a customer’s phone at a supermarket. According to a report by the Fourth Estate, …
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