The fire that ravaged the bustling Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana's capital, reduced the sprawling center of the country's informal economy to ashes, authorities said.
The fire, which broke out late Wednesday, consumed large sections of the West African country's largest second-hand clothing market. largest used clothing market in the West African country, displacing thousands of traders, disaster officials say.
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) deployed 13 firefighting teams to put out the flames. But on Thursday morning, ruins lay where rows of stalls once bustled. Goods worth millions of cedis were destroyed, according to GNFS. “It’s devastating,” said Alex King Nartey, a GNFS spokesperson. “We have not recorded any serious casualties, but the economic losses are enormous. »
“Preliminary investigations suggest that faulty electrical connections may have started the fire, although we do not rule out the possibility of arson,” Mr Nartey told AFP. He added that efforts to completely extinguish the fire could extend into Friday. The translation was carried out using an artificial intelligence tool called Gemini 1.5.
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