North Industrial Area fire: AMA demolishes Kofikrom structures to create access routes

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), with support from the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, has removed unauthorised structures at Kofikrom in the North Industrial Area after occupants failed to comply with a directive to vacate the area.

The Mayor said the consequences of the continued occupation became clear during the fire outbreak, when emergency responders struggled to reach parts of the affected area because the road had been taken over by makeshift structures.

It was intensified after a major fire swept through the settlement and affected parts of Duraplast, exposing the difficulties emergency responders faced in accessing the affected areas.