The Ghana National Fire Service has been dispatched to the Kantamanto market in the Greater Accra Region to tackle a raging inferno.
The fire, believed to have started around 1 a.m. on the second day of January 2024 saw the Makola Fire Station, Tema Fire Station, Legon Fire Station, Madina Fire Station, and other crews have been reported to be at the scene.
The Kantamanto market fire outbreak be serious 💔pic.twitter.com/D5773j0ydD
— Sergio ⭐ (@sergio_de_ennin) January 2, 2025
A number of social media users, especially on the ‘X’ platform, have disclosed shops belonging to themselves or families have been gutted down by the fire.
My family just lost everything in this fire 😭. Eii God . 8 shops full of goods gone just like that 😭
Kantamanto is on fire 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MejKiLWAGe
— EFYA NYAMEWAA ⚔️🛡️🗡️🦋🦄🏆💪🧲🇬🇭 (@MonicaOseiAmoa3) January 2, 2025
One of our shops 😭😭#Kantamanto pic.twitter.com/b6beH7feY1
— EFYA NYAMEWAA ⚔️🛡️🗡️🦋🦄🏆💪🧲🇬🇭 (@MonicaOseiAmoa3) January 2, 2025
Over 100 shops have been destroyed, with no loss of life reported so far, as the 13 fire trucks on the scene have been able to subdue the fire.
