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Breaking: Makola Mall Catches Fire
The building opposite the SIC Mall at Makola in the central business district is being razed down by the fire.
The inferno is reported to have started around 9 am on Monday on the last floor of the three-story building.
According to witnesses, when the fire started, they called on the fire service station that is situated a few meters away but they claimed “they do not have water” to douse the flames.
The fire then spread to the other floors destroying properties as traders and other spectators looked on.
Reinforcement was deployed to the scene when the fire escalated.
According to a report by JoyNews’ monitored by GhArticles, six fire tenders and a turntable ladder are currently being used by the personnel to quench the flame.
Due to the combustibility of some of the goods that are in some shops, the fire reignites when all seems to be under control.
Although no casualty was recorded, traders who have lost goods to the tune of millions of Ghana cedis are bearing the brunt to the inferno which started as just a spark of fire.
A cosmetic seller accused the fire service of failing to meet their mandate, thereby, causing their loss.
Source: GhArticles.com
