Ghana Clothing Market Detroyed by Huge Fire
A huge fire that erupted in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses, at a clothing market
The fire at Kantamanto Market, one of the world’s largest second-hand clothing markets, has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s National Fire Service said on Facebook on Friday.
Videos posted to Facebook by the country’s fire service in the early hours of Thursday show swathes of market stalls engulfed in flames.
According to GNA, the country’s Director of Inspectorate at the National Disaster Management Organization, Richard Amo Yartey, visited the site on Thursday, expressing sympathy to the traders.
Environmental group Greenpeace estimates at least 30,000 people work at the market, processing millions of secondhand items of clothing, mostly from the West.
There have been several previous fires at the market.
