Routine checks should be carried out at marketplaces - Kwadaso MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Kingsley Nyarko, has suggested that routine checks are carried out at various marketplaces to prevent fire outbreaks.

“I’m told the Fire Service did their best to douse the flames and you want to encourage them to expedite investigations for us to find out what the actual cause of the fire is and to help us do things differently so it doesn’t occur again.

He proposed that the fire service should be resourced so they can work effectively.

“I think we should resource the fire service

His comment comes on the back of a fire that gutted the Kejetia market at about 4 pm on Wednesday, March 16, 2023.

Some of the market women who were trapped had to rely on ropes deployed by the Fire Service to escape the fire.

Reports also show that the firefighters struggled to quench the fire because of the building’s height.