Some traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are counting their losses after fire gutted two shops in the largest trading center in the Ashanti region.
The fire which is believed to have started in the early hours of Friday, ravaged properties including textiles and other fabrics contained in the shop.
According to eyewitnesses, the fire started from a shop which has been closed for over a year now and tore into a nearby shop, destroying goods in the shop.
President of Federation of Kejetia Traders Nana Akwasi Prempeh, says the early intervention of the fire service prevented more shop from being affected.
“The security agencies petrol the market every night since we get the Intel that some assailants have planned to set the facility ablaze,” he said.
It is unclear the cause of the fire as the fire service unit at the market works to establish circumstances leading to the fire outbreak.
The traders have been urged to put off all their electrical gadgets before leaving the market.