The Tema region of the Ghana National Fire Service has revealed that properties worth Ghs 9,822,000 were lost in about 530 fire outbreaks recorded in the Tema region and its environs in the year 2023.
This was revealed by D.O III Ebenezer Yenzu the Tema Public Relations Officer when speaking on Plan B FM’s morning show NkOSUONSEM hosted by Obidehye Kofi Sekyi.
ADOII Ebenezer Yenzu said “there are some markets you will go to and wonder if the electricians that did the electrical connections were indeed professionals .They crisscross wires all over the place and leave some dangling dangerously. Even inside the shops, some electrical connections are nothing to write home about. The only way out of this situation is if the market authorities ban traders from tampering with electrical connections in their shops and the electric poles.
He stressed that cooking in marketplaces is a bad practice , he advised those who wish to eat to either leave their shops to visit the nearest restaurants or order food, which would be sent over to them. Alternatively, they can buy from the numerous food vendors that are found in their numbers within the market.
“The major thing here is that people are not allowed to cook inside the market. But some markets don’t observe this simple strategy. You can also see women who kept small kerosene stoves, Coalports, and camping gas cookers in their shops, which they used to cook food sometimes causing market fire outbreaks” he added
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