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General News on Thursday, January 17, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-01-17
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Angry residents and shopkeepers in Odawna blamed the Ghana Fire Department's lack of urgency for the heavy damage caused by the Wednesday night fire in the Odawna market.
According to them, even though the fire department officers arrived early at the scene of the disaster, their fire offers were empty and could not fight the fire, which was very small at the time.
"The fire would not have caused so much damage, because when the fire department arrived, they were not so huge, but their offers were empty," recalls a woman.
Other residents were heard complaining that most of the water supposed to be used to extinguish the fire had been wasted, the watering hose used by the service department. fires being broken in several places.
Traders who could not contain his emotions said that they were operating their business with loans and did not know how they would repay those loans and kick start their businesses.
Even though the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, some witnesses believe that it was caused by Nigerians in the area, while others were d & # 39; notice that it was due to gas cylinders used by cutterbar operators in the market.
About 80 stores were destroyed by a fire that destroyed the Odawna market in Circle on Wednesday night.
No loss was found beyond the destruction caused to the merchants' merchandise against thousands of Ghana Cedis.
Market fires are quite common in Ghana, with some markets in large cities often experiencing several fires.
In this same market, a similar fire occurred in 2013.
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