Audio By Carbonatix
Fire has destroyed structures around the Adjei Kojo Government School in the Tema West Constituency.
Reports reaching JoyNews reveal that the fire started at about 6pm on Thursday. The residents were able to douse the fire in about 25 minutes before personnel of the Ghana Fire Service arrived.
The timely intervention of the residents prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining buildings.
Nonetheless, items in a cosmetic shop that also serves as an abode for yoghurt sellers, was razed down. A salon was also destroyed in the process, according to Michael Elikem Abayateye, an eyewitness and resident of the area.
Sources say neither students nor shop owners were harmed by the fire.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Fire Service is investigating the cause of the unfortunate incident. However, residents have attributed the fire outbreak to an electrical fault.
Latest Stories
-
One killed, 37 injured in Suhum–Mankrong highway crash
2 minutes -
Five best young players at AFCON 2025
7 minutes -
The creatives we need: Disruptors and revolutionaries
16 minutes -
GoldBod formalisation yields $3.8bn in FX, far outweighs BoG losses – Report
18 minutes -
Bank of Ghana relieved of gold trading burden by GoldBod
25 minutes -
Agricultural Value Chains and Export Competitiveness: Transforming Ghana Beyond Cocoa
40 minutes -
First Atlantic Bank secures regulatory approval to operate in Liberia
55 minutes -
Today’s Front pages: Monday, January 12, 2026
59 minutes -
Presidential staffers effectively serve as deputy ministers; Mahama not running a lean gov’t – Miracles Aboagye
1 hour -
Show restraint after Ayawaso East MP’s death; succession talk premature – Walewale MP
1 hour -
Beyond Gold Trading: Study says GoldBod can reshape Ghana’s economic architecture
1 hour -
Cost of living has worsened under NDC after one year – Dennis Miracles Aboagye
1 hour -
GoldBod emerges as strategic tool for forex stability and economic resilience – Report
2 hours -
Sanity Africa Poll: Ken Agyapong commands majority 52% ahead of NPP primaries
2 hours -
Tuah-Yeboah questions AG’s basis for dropping Saglemi case
2 hours