Ashanti Region: Five arrested for attacking Fire Service officers at Racecourse market

Police in the Ashanti Region have apprehended five individuals in connection with an alleged assault on fire officers responding to a fire outbreak at the Racecourse Market on Monday, March 11, 2024.

During the altercation, one of the fire officers sustained injuries.

The suspects accused the fire service personnel of delayed response, prompting them to retaliate by pelting stones.

Fire Commander for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Fire Station, D.O 3 Simon Ben Boadu, attributed the fire’s rapid spread to the attack on the fire crew.

“Our preliminary investigations revealed that the fire started from one of the corn mills, and because the shops are close, it spread to other shops, we have counted about 180 shops.

Whatever happens to them [arrested suspects] will, be a deterrent to others, that the attack on firemen must stop

The attack was a result they believe that we delayed in getting to the scene, and the spread of the fire was a result of the congested nature of the market.”