{"id":179836,"date":"2016-01-07T12:16:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=179836"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:16:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:16:30","slug":"fire-razes-shops-in-nkawkaw-adoagyiri-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=179836","title":{"rendered":"Fire razes shops in Nkawkaw Adoagyiri [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fire destroyed several shops and items in Nkawkaw Adoagyiri, capital of the Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident happened on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179840 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-4.jpg\" alt=\"fire at nsawam adoagyiri (4)\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some shops including a barbering salon, electrical shops, boutique, spare part shops among others were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179838 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-2.jpg\" alt=\"fire at nsawam adoagyiri (2)\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the shop owners told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the incident happened around 3am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to her, a noise from a neighbour who operates a saw mill in the area woke her up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe man was shouting for water to dowse the fire. So I gave him the little that I have and also tried to pick up few things from my shop but the fire was too strong. I had my mony locked up in the shop,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-179837 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-1.jpg\" alt=\"fire at nsawam adoagyiri (1)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another woman who had her shop destroyed also lamented that she stocked the shop with money from a loan she procured from the bank adding that she will have a tough time paying back the credit facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179839 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-at-nsawam-adoagyiri-3.jpg\" alt=\"fire at nsawam adoagyiri (3)\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This comes barely a day after\u00a0nearly 500\u00a0stores were also destroyed at the<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/01\/06\/fire-consumes-kumasi-central-market-for-the-umpteenth-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kumasi Central market<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Appiah Kubi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire destroyed several shops and items in Nkawkaw Adoagyiri, capital of the Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern Region. The incident happened on Thursday morning. Some shops including a barbering salon, electrical shops, boutique, spare part shops among others were destroyed. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. 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