About 50 stores at the Mankessim main market were razed by fire last Tuesday night destroying goods running into thousands of cedis.
It took personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) from Mankessim with support from the Regional Headquarters in Cape Coast and Breman Essiem Fire stations about four hours to bring the raging inferno under control.
There were no casualties.
Eye witnesses said the fire started around 10 p.m. when traders had locked up and the inaccessible nature of the market made it difficult for people at the scene to help rescue the situation.
Distraught victims
Distraught victims wailed as they beheld their lifetime savings and capital burnt to ashes.
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