{"id":876,"date":"2023-03-15T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2023-03-15T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T22:50:00","slug":"fire-guts-kejetia-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=876","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts Kejetia Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 18px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(64, 128, 255); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: inset(50%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); color: white; display: inline-block; height: 1px; list-style: none; margin: -1px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: normal !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; width: 1px;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<figure style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Kejetia Market on fire (15 March 2023)\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"470\" is_main_img=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kejetia-market-on-fire.jpeg?resize=544%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 780px;\" width=\"544\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/one-trader-one-meter-at-kejetia-market-soon-says-dan-botwe\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Kejetia Market<\/a>&nbsp;in Kumasi caught fire on Wednesday (15 March 2023), destroying property worth thousands of Ghana cedis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Eyewitnesses said most of the big stores and stalls at the busy central market in the Ashanti regional capital had been consumed by the raging fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Firefighters have been on the scene trying to douse the blaze, which started around 5pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Officials are yet to establish the cause of the fire. Traders who witnessed the incident stood helpless and some wailed as their goods were consumed by the fire.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 272px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: inset(50%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; list-style: none; margin: -1px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: normal; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;\">Video Player<\/span><\/p>\n<div aria-label=\"Video Player\" role=\"application\" style=\"background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, serif; height: 331.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 217px; outline: none; padding: 444.594px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 780px;\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Officials of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/appiatse-disaster-victims-to-protest-over-delayed-compensation\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">National Disaster Management Organisation<\/a>&nbsp;(NADMO) are also at the scene to help officers from the Ghana Police Service salvage the traders\u2019 wares and to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 272px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: inset(50%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; list-style: none; margin: -1px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: normal; 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height: 24px; line-height: 10px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: normal; overflow: hidden; padding: 16px 6px 0px; text-align: center; width: auto;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">00:26<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10px; height: 40px; line-height: 10px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 32px;\"><button aria-controls=\"mep_1\" aria-label=\"Mute\" style=\"appearance: button; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(&quot;mejs-controls.svg&quot;); background-origin: initial; background-position: -60px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 20px; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 10px 6px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 20px;\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Mute\" type=\"button\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10px; height: 40px; line-height: 10px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 32px;\"><button aria-controls=\"mep_1\" aria-label=\"Fullscreen\" style=\"appearance: button; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(&quot;mejs-controls.svg&quot;); background-origin: initial; background-position: -80px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 20px; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 10px 6px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 20px;\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Fullscreen\" type=\"button\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">A statement issued by the managers of the facility \u2013 Kumasi City Markets Ltd \u2013 hours after the incident said the fire \u201cresulted in damages to some shops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">There was no injuries, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; 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Eyewitnesses said most of the big stores and stalls at the busy central market in the Ashanti regional capital had been consumed by the raging fire. 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