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Fire guts Srodae commercial, residential building

A fire on Saturday night destroyed a one-storey commercial and residential building at Srodae in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region, causing extensive damage to property and collapsing parts of the structure. The timely intervention of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining properties, … The post Fire guts Srodae…

Fire guts Srodae commercial, residential building

A devastating fire on Saturday night reduced a one-storey commercial and residential building in Srodae, New Juaben North Municipality, Eastern Region, to rubble. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) swiftly responded to the distress call at 2302 hours, with a 10-member firefighting crew arriving at 2315 hours to combat the blaze.

Despite the intense fire, the GNFS managed to control the inferno by 01:23 hours and fully extinguish it by 03:04 hours, preventing further damage to neighboring properties. The fire caused extensive destruction, damaging personal belongings, electrical cables, and structural elements, including the collapse of the first and partial collapse of the ground floor. Preliminary investigations are underway to ascertain the cause of the fire.

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