Fire destroys Abuoso market

Accra (Greater Accra), 15 Feb '99 -

The Abuoso market near Begoro in the Fanteakwa district was razed by fire on Thursday. Disclosing this to newsmen in Accra on Friday, Mr Samuel K. Danso, Fanteakwa District Co-ordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), said it took the Ghana National Fire Service and locally trained fire volunteers three hours to bring the fire under control. The cause of te fire is not yet known but cost of damaged property, including market stalls and stores, runs in millions of cedis. Mr Danso said Madam Akua Amiyo, a 22-year-old pregnant woman and her eight-year-old sister, Esi Kwaoyo, who first detected the fire, had burns and are currently on admission at the Koforidua General Hospital. On behalf of the NADMO, Mr Danso appealed to non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and individuals to offer financial and material assistance to the Fanteakwa district assembly, which has plans to rebuild the market.