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In a viral video, a thick smoke was spotted emanating from stores adjacent the Georgina Stores Complex close to the Makola Shopping Mall 2.
The fire which is believed to have started around 9:30 am on Monday, July 5, 2021, is still raging and spreading to other shops.
Meanwhile, personnel from the Ghana National Fire service at Makola have been trying their best to quench the raging inferno.
According to a report by Pulse.com.gh, the personnel are trying to quench the fire with one fire tender.
GhArticles cannot independently verify what exactly caused the fire which has so far destroyed a number of shops
Below is a video from the scene;
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Service personnel showed up late because they had no water and fuel
An individual believed to be a witness when fire swept through some parts of the Makola market in Accra has shared how long it took fire tenders to show up to attend to the fire.
Kojo Asante, a Twitter user with the handle Mister_Asante in a series of posts claimed that the nearest fire service didn’t have water and fuel in their trucks to help fight the fire.
He added that it took over an hour after the report was made for the fire service to get to the Makola market.
“Building (opposite Makola Shopping Mall) about 300m away from the Fire Service Station is on fire! People run to the Fire Station only to be told there is no fuel and water in the Fire Trucks! This is like one of the main Fire Stations in Accra,” reads part of the tweets by Asante.
Herh Ghana!
Building (opposite Makola Shopping Mall) about 300m away from the Fire Service Station is on fire!
People run to the Fire Station only to be told there is no fuel and water in the Fire Trucks! This is like one of the main Fire Stations in Accra oo 🤦🏾♂️
— Kojo Asante 🇬🇭 (@Mister_Asante) July 5, 2021
Source: GhanaArticles.com
