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Following the Wednesday evening fire that ravaged parts of the Dome Central Market in Accra, the Municipal Chief Executive for Ga East, Janet Mensah, has said she suspects foul play from some traders who were unhappy with a decision to prevent them from selling on pavements.<\/p>\n

The fire is the fourth at the Dome Central Market, and the second in less than two months.<\/p>\n

[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,\u201d the MCE told Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

She added that \u201cwe are collaborating, and I have made a formal complaint to the police. We are on course. We will get to the bottom of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

A day after the fire, traders were counting their losses running into thousands of thousands of cedis.<\/p>\n

“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,\u201d some traders lamented to Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The fire, which started around 7: 40 pm, gutted 15 metal container shops, and destroyed other properties, though no casualties were recorded, according\u00a0to the Fire Service.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

The Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Fire Service, DCFO Ebenezer Simpson, told Citi News<\/strong> his outfit would need time to establish\u00a0the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless we finish\u00a0extinguishing the fire thoroughly, we don\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Jessica Ayrkor Aryee\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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