{
  "id": 1504942,
  "title": "Fighting fires, fighting for breath: The hidden health toll on Ghana’s firefighters – and the support that still falls short",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/fighting-fires-fighting-for-breath-the-hidden-health-toll-on-ghanas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/fighting-fires-fighting-for-breath-the-hidden-health-toll-on-ghanas-firefighters-and-the-support-that-still-falls-short/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Station Officer Abubakar Mohammed has spent fifteen years running into burning buildings so that other people could get out alive. Now, as he thinks about retirement, one question won't leave him alone: will he leave the Ghana National Fire Service with healthy lungs, or with a disease he can't see?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Galamsey could cause major health crisis in Ghana soon – Medical experts warn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/galamsey-could-cause-major-health-crisis-in-ghana-soon-medical",
        "published": "2026-08-17T17:02:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}