The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has attributed the recurring market fires to the failure of market owners to implement recommendations put in place by the service.
This statement from the fire service follows the razing of numerous shops at the Katamanto second hand clothing lane at the Kantamanto Market in Accra Wednesday dawn.
Prior to the Kantamato market fire, over eight shops near the Metro Mass Bus terminal at the Koforidua Central Business District were also razed by fire Tuesday.
Goods worth millions of Ghana cedis were destroyed, leaving shop owners to their fate.
Although the cause of the Koforidua market fire is still not known, some shop owners have attributed it to an electrical fault.
Reacting to the recent fire outbreaks at the various markets with host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive Ekourba Gyasi, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana National Fire Service, Divisional Officer 1 Ellis Robinson Okoe, noted that the Fire Service has presented recommendations it generated out of previous market fires to the various market owners.
According to him, these market owners have failed to implement the recommendations, citing cost as reasons for the failure to implement these recommendations.
“ Most of the time when we give out recommendations, these market owners who take monies from the dwellers of the market, fail to implement them because it involves a lot of money, forgetting that implementing the recommendations will help curb the issue of fire outbreaks, especially during this season”, he added.
He stated that the cause of the fire of both markets are yet to be identified.
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