A recent fire outbreak at Kejetia market in Kumasi resulted in two shops being burnt, but thanks to the swift response of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), 23 shops were secured. According to Kwame Kwarteng, Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer, the GNFS arrived at the scene promptly after receiving an urgent call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fire agencies’ efforts prevented further damage to the market. Fortunately, no traders sustained injuries during the incident. The Ghana National Fire Service has been praised for their dedication and determination in saving lives and properties at Kejetia market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This incident highlights the importance of emergency preparedness and response. The GNFS has demonstrated its capability in handling such situations, similar to their efforts in combating the devastating fire at Kantamanto Market in Accra earlier this year, where over 100 shops were destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ghana National Fire Service Saves 23 Shops at Kejetia Market<\/p>\n
A recent fire outbreak at Kejetia market in Kumasi resulted in two shops being burnt, but thanks to the swift response of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), 23 shops were secured. According to Kwame Kwarteng, Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer, the GNFS arrived at the scene promptly after receiving an urgent call.<\/p>\n
The fire agencies’ efforts prevented further damage to the market. Fortunately, no traders sustained injuries during the incident. The Ghana National Fire Service has been praised for their dedication and determination in saving lives and properties at Kejetia market.<\/p>\n
This incident highlights the importance of emergency preparedness and response. The GNFS has demonstrated its capability in handling such situations, similar to their efforts in combating the devastating fire at Kantamanto Market in Accra earlier this year, where over 100 shops were destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5167,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions\/5167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}