One of the volunteers who tried unsuccessfully with others to quench the fire, says the fire started from a 2-bedroom wooden structure there and spread rapidly to other areas, resulting in the collapse of a power pylon.
"We were here when they called us that some two rooms, the person is not in so the fire was burning inside that room so we should come and check. We struggled to quench the fire and so we were to call the fire service."
According to him, the fire spread to other areas before the fire service personnel were called in.
"The fire reached the shade. After the shade, it reached here again. As for the pole (pylon), all we heard was boom".
It took fire service personnel several minutes to access the slum.
The ravaging fire razed hundreds of shops in areas as big as the size of about five standard football pitches.
The destruction of the high voltage pylon is blamed for the spontaneous power outage in surrounding communities such as Asawasi, Aboabo Number One, Akwatia Line, among others.
Fire personnel managed to bring the fire under control at about 11: 20 p.m, several hours after battling the blaze.
Scrap dealers were seen scavenging for scraps from the debris a few minutes after Fire Service doused the fire.
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