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Statistics from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) suggests that domestic fires outbreaks are on the rise, with the highest in 2019 and 2020.
The years 2019 and 2020 recorded 1,822 and 1,910 fire outbreaks from January to October.
The domestic fire incidents from January to October represented 39.63 per cent and 35.67 per cent of total fire outbreaks in both years.
This was followed by bush fires recording 608 incidents in 2019 and 1,220 cases in 2020 during the same time period.
There was an increase of fire outbreaks from January to October 2019 from 4,623 to 5,355 for the same period in 2020.
2020 statistics
According to 2020 statistics made available by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), the fire incidents also claimed 222 lives, and left 1,125 people with varying degrees of injury.
Market fires mere disasters until proven otherwise - Accra Mayor The Accra Mayor, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, says the recent fire outbreaks are mere disasters. This statement by the Mayor of Accra follows the razing of numerous shops at the Katamanto second-hand clothing lane at the Kantamanto Market in Accra Wednesday dawn. Prior to the Kantamato market fire, over eight shops near the Metro Mass Bus terminal at the Koforidua Central Business District were also razed by fire Tuesday. Although the cause of the Koforidua market fire is still not known, some shop owners have attributed it to an electrical fault. Goods worth millions of Ghana cedis were destroyed, leaving shop owners to their fate.