Fire outbreak at Race Course market in Kumasi - MyJoyOnline

It took the intervention of four fire tenders to completely douse the fire.

The cause of the fire is however yet to be established as fire officers work around the clock to salvage the debris from the incident.

According to the regional fire office, they had a distress call from the National office about the fire incident and swiftly rushed to the market ti tend to the blazing inferno.

Speaking to journalists in an interview, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Henry Giwah advised traders and households in the region to take all precautionary measures as the harmattan sets in. 

The racecourse market is a temporary market settlement for traders who were relocated from the old Kejetia market. 

The fire incident is the second to hit Ghana’s second-largest city in two weeks.

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