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| Traders at Kantamanto, trying to rebuild their market place. |
The Greater Accra Regional Fire Service has warned
against the immediate reconstruction of the Kantamanto market by victims.
This follows attempts to reconstruct structures that
were destroyed by a devastating fire that ravaged the market, destroying thousands
of shops.
At a press conference in Accra, Greater Accra Regional
Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service, ACFO II Rashid Nisawu advised
victims to seek fire precautions before rebuilding lest the risk of another
fire incident.
“As we speak, I have spoken to them, the authorities
and I have made them aware that if they have not come for professional advice
and go on with the reconstruction [and] if they are not lucky and one day there
is fire, they will be telling the same story.
“The last time the minister came to sympathise with
them, I suggested that even if they have to construct, they have to come for
advice, and then we give them standardise structures and the type of materials
that they should use. But I cannot go in there and force them,” he stated.
Meanwhile, ACFO II Rashid Nisawu dismissed claims by
some victims that fire officers visited the fire scene with petrol to escalate
the inferno
“As for the people making allegations that we poured
petrol on the fire at the time we attempted to bring the situation under
control, that is the reason we are holding this press conference to explain to
the people of Ghana.
“Why on earth should anybody put petrol in a fire
tender and pour it on the fire? Even if you take petrol there, you will get burnt
yourself… So that is unfortunate, to say the least,” he stated.
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