There are chaotic scenes emerging from the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, as another outbreak of fire at the Asafo Market keeps the city awake.
This is the second fire at the market in less than three days.
Luv FM’s Erastus Asare Donkor reports about 30 market stores in the midsection of the Market have gone up flames, the raging fire consuming wares with fury.
He said the efforts of firefighters are being greatly hampered because the area is largely inaccessible.
Firefighters had to use the upper terrace of a building under construction close to the fire scene to battle the inferno,
Plumes of smoke billowing from the fire worsened the poor visibility at the scene.
A firefighter nearly fell from the uncompleted building but he managed to cling on.
According to Erastus, scores of traders invaded the market carting their wares to safety, exacerbating the chaos on the humid Sunday night.
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