Ghana: Fire Guts Dozens of Shops At Kwame Nkrumah Circle

A wildfire yesterday razed dozens of makeshift shops behind the Royal VIP bus terminal at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.

But for the timely intervention of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), the inferno could have destroyed many more shops in the area, where phone accessories are predominantly sold.

At about 10:00 a.m., when The Ghanaian Times arrived at the scene, owners of nearby shops were seen desperately packing their wares as firefighters battled the raging blaze.

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