The fire is the fourth at the Dome Central Market, and the second in less than two months.

[contextly_sidebar id=”vBskiDUIpZbzxpm62PIbKccNWqQfiE4v”]”This is the fourth time the market is in this situation and it is intentional. Information we have gathered is that, someone deliberately started the fire,” the MCE told Citi News.

She added that “we are collaborating, and I have made a formal complaint to the police. We are on course. We will get to the bottom of this.”

A day after the fire, traders were counting their losses running into thousands of thousands of cedis.

“My goods are worth over GHc 20,000 cedis. I buy things from Togo. I have lost about GHc 1,200. We took loans to establish our businesses,” some traders lamented to Citi News.

The fire, which started around 7: 40 pm, gutted 15 metal container shops, and destroyed other properties, though no casualties were recorded, according to the Fire Service.

Fire Service personnel arrived at the scene to douse a large chunk of the inferno, and it eventually took two fire tenders to bring the situation under control.

The Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Fire Service, DCFO Ebenezer Simpson, told Citi News his outfit would need time to establish the cause of the fire.

“Unless we finish extinguishing the fire thoroughly, we don’t want to rush in arriving at the cause of the fire. We need to do some overhauling, check out what goes on, the activities carried out at the places that have been severely charred, and we have to interrogate those who use that container and other things for us to arrive at what caused the fire.”

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The Wednesday night fire ravaged a few shops before fire fighters arrived at the scene.

[contextly_sidebar id=”She10eicrAW3im2qjKoUKjc10Vz1Ccgo”]Traders and passersby were seen helplessly capturing the devastation on their mobile phones, as they waited for the firefighters.

Fire Service personnel from the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region, were at the scene later, to douse a large chunk of the inferno.

The fire, which started around 7: 40pm, gutted 15 metal container shops, and destroyed properties worth thousands of cedis. There were no casualties recorded.

It took two fire tenders to bring the situation under control.

Speaking to Citi News, the Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Fire Service, DCFO Ebenezer Simpson,  said swift action from his men prevented the fire from getting out of control.

He said they would need time to carry out a probe to establish the cause of the fire.

“Unless we finish extinguishing the fire thoroughly, we don’t want to rush in arriving at the cause of the fire. We need to do some overhauling, check out what goes on, the activities carried out at the places that have been severely charred, and we have to interrogate those who use that container and other things for us to arrive at what caused the fire.”

Market fires have become quite common in Ghana, with some major markets in the national and regional capitals, experiencing fire outbreaks more than once.

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Dr. Jarvis Abilla, a Medical Superintendent at the Ga South Municipal Hospital attributed the high rate to sedentary lifestyle of the traders at the market as well as their failure to go for regular medical checkup.

This came to light during a free health screening organized by the Philipa Baafi Foundation for the of people who sell at the Dome market.

Hundreds of traders, shoppers and passersby’s trooped to the Dome Market located in Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, for the “How Well Are You” health screening campaign by the popular musician and physio therapist, Philipa Baafi.

Most of the traders stopped selling to undergo the screening process.

Apart from the health screening, Philipa Baafi, also performed some of her hit songs and also conducted physiotherapy treatment for some of the patients.

Participants were also advised on measures to live healthy lifestyles.

The Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo who also attended the screening exercise urged the participants to take issues about their health seriously.

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Source: Philipa Baafi Foundation

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