The scene of devastation at the secondhand clothing market at Kantamanto in Accra, Ghana, on 2 January 2025 after an overnight fire.The scene of devastation at the secondhand clothing market at Kantamanto in Accra, Ghana, on 2 January 2025 after an overnight fire.
The Ghana national fire service deployed 13 tenders to combat the flames. Goods worth millions of Ghanaian cedi have been destroyed, the GNFS said. “The man who runs the neighbouring stall called me and said everything had burned. I started panicking,” he said. He went to see the damage for himself at about 9am.“I found burnt stalls. There were still parts burning,” he said. “I couldn’t salvage a thing . Everything has gone. Now my daily bread has been cut. I used my stall at Kantamanto to sustain myself.”
“The goal is to rebuild in a week,” he said. “People have to return to work because they don’t have anything.”