Former Member of (MP) for Tema West and immediate past Administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund, Irene Naa Torshie Addo, has donated One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢100,000) to traders affected by the devastating Kantamanto Market fire.

The donation, made through the ReneAddo Foundation, was presented to the victims during a visit to the market earlier today.

The fire, which gutted large portions of the bustling commercial centre in Accra, occurred on Thursday, 2nd January 2025.

According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), preliminary investigations point to an electrical fault as the likely cause, though the possibility of arson has not been ruled out. "We suspect electrical faults, but there are also indications that this could have been a deliberate act.