On Sunday, May 21, 2023, 10 fire incidents were reported in Accra, according to the Ghana National Fire Service.
This comes after a bakery and a few stores were burned down in Kotobabi Abavanna Down, and a similar incident also caused numerous stores to be destroyed at Circle Tiptoe Lane.
Thousands of cedis’ worth of property were destroyed by the fire on Sunday, despite the fact that no fatalities were reported.
An official at the Public Relations Department of the National Fire Service Headquarters ADOII Alex Nartey speaking to the media, urged the public to take precautionary measures against such incidents in the rainy reason.
“We are in the rainy season; we are cautioning people to be cautious of their activities. People should learn to be abreast with safety measures. Between 1am to 5am on Sunday, we attended to 10 fires in Accra alone. If you run a bakery or a commercial entity like this, you have to learn how to practice better fire safety measures,” ADOII Alex Nartey advised.
Fire guts bakery at Kotobabi Abavana Down
At Kotobabi Abavana Down, a popular bakery known as “Angel Bakery” was destroyed by fire, along with numerous wooden buildings worth thousands of cedis.
The inferno also damaged other things including container stores, buckets of margarine, packs of sugar, and bags of flour. There was no loss of life.
Witnesses claim that the fire, which began on Sunday at 1pm, was brought on by
It took several fire service tenders to douse the fire.
10 phone accessory shops burnt at Tip-Toe lane
On Sunday, May 21, fire at Tip-Toe Lane, close to the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, also destroyed about ten businesses with phone accessories worth thousands of cedis.
A united team of fire fighters from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)’s Abelenkpe and Ministries branches eventually put out the fire.
There were no casualties, and the fire’s origin has not yet been determined.
Source: Citinewsroom
