A woman cooking “Ampesie” at her shop caused the Kejetia Market fire
According to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the recent Kejetia Market fire was started by a trader who was cooking inside her shop.
He stated this after inspecting the level of devastation caused by the conflagration at the market in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital.
Eyewitnesses have also corroborated that one of the traders was cooking in her shop, and that she was cooking Yam. (Apemsie)
On March 15, the market was razed by fire, destroying several shops and vendors’ products. The Ghana National Fire Service is investigating the incident, and the market has been closed down.
“I asked the Ghana National Fire Service and NADMO what caused the fire and they told me that their investigations revealed that someone, a trader who was cooking in her shop using a gas stove and that was where the fire started, close to a nearby chemical shop, where they sell gunpowder, carbide, turpentine that resulted in the explosion.
“I was taken around, especially where the incident happened. The shops were 33 out of 8,000. I asked the Fire Service and NADMO officials as regards the cause,” the vice president said.
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