Kumasi: Fire Sweeps Through Wooden Structures At Dagombaline

Fire has destroyed over 500 wooden structures at the Dagombaline in Kumasi. The fire ravaged the wooden structure shelter for residents of Dagombaline slum. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Personnel of the fire service managed to contain the fire from spreading.

The situation has left the slum dwellers homeless and according to D.O 3 Ackah Edmound, Ashanti regional Public relations officer of Ghana National fire service they could have salvaged some of the properties if they had gotten easy access to the premises. The slum area

is predominantly occupied by head potters and scrap dealers some of whom were seen trying to salvage properties. This is not the first time one of the biggest slums in the Ashanti region has been gutted by fire. In March 2020, more than 500 slum dwellers at in the same area were rendered homeless after fire swept through their wooden structures.