The has arrested a welder, Nana Williams Kwame Fordjour, for allegedly causing a fire outbreak at the Kumasi Kejetia Market in the Ashanti Region.

The suspect was reportedly hired by the market's management to weld and lock up shops belonging to traders who had defaulted on service fees.

However, while working on one of the shops, which owed GH¢1,200, sparks from the welding process ignited a fire, destroying the shop and its contents worth thousands of Ghana cedis.

The fire was swiftly brought under control by firefighters patrolling the market, preventing it from spreading to other shops.