Fire Destroys Million Cedis Worth of Property in Kumasi

Fire swept through some wooden structures housing about 30 people at Krofrom in Kumasi on Sunday and destroyed property and cash running into several hundred million cedis.

The total amount of cash lost was not immediately known but partly burnt 5,000 cedi denominations salvaged from the debris totalled 2.7 million cedis.

The cause of the fire has not yet been established but it is widely suspected to have been triggered by an electrical fault.

Mr. Abu Issaka, who was sleeping in one of the structures at the time of the outbreak, told the Ghana News Agency that he detected a thick pall of smoke at about 10.30 p.m.

He ran out only to realise that some of the other structures were already in flames.

Mr. Issaka said apart from electrical gadgets, he lost 3.2 million cedis cash and mentioned another victim, Miss Mariama Sulley, who lost 800,000 CFA Francs.