Flood and fire disasters recorded in the Central Region in the past week alone have affected some 4,636 residents across 11 ...

Over 500 wooden structures behind Ferro Fabrik Limited in the heavy industrial area were on Wednesday razed down by fire displacing about 700 people including children.No casualties were recorded, and ...

The Central Regional Secretariat of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has raised alarm over a series of recent hydrometeorological disasters and fire outbreaks that have wreaked ...

By Kwabia Owusu-Mensah/Samuel Ofori Boateng. Kumasi, March 21, GNA – Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana has experienced one of the most horrific fire disasters in its recent history.

It was the kind of helpless moment no one ever wants to experience. A female journalist from the Multimedia Group found ...

Recommendations for Ghana's Fire Safety Reform. 1. ... Ghana should begin to digitize fire incident reporting and invest in post-disaster economic impact assessments to quantify losses in real terms.

Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, home to the world’s largest secondhand clothing market, caught fire during the early morning hours of Jan. 2; by the time the blaze was extinguished, hundreds ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...

For traders like 45-year-old Fred Asiedu, the fire is a life-altering disaster. "Everything I own was here -- my wares, my savings, my future. Now, it's all gone," Asiedu said.