Fire guts Adoato-Adumanu Chief's palace

Kumasi, Aug. 27, GNA - Fifty-six people were displaced and property running into tens of thousands of Ghana cedis lost, when fire on Wednesday raced through the palace of the Chief of Adoato-Adomanu, a suburb of Kumasi. The cause of the fire, believed to have been sparked by an electrical fault, is yet to be established. Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service from the Manhyia, Komfo Anokye and Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) stations battled for more than three hours to put it out. Kwaku Gyamfi, a resident, told the Ghana News Agency that there were minor injuries to some of the tenants. He said they detected smoke coming from the electricity meter at about 1900 hours and immediately called in the Fire Service who responded with three fire tenders. "They could not salvage any thing from the building. All that we have toiled for over the years is now gone," he said.