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Over 100 fires in one week: GNFS warns against festive season negligence
With a sharp rise in fire outbreaks this festive season, the Ghana National Fire Service is sounding the alarm for the public to be...
Krofuom residents attack GNFS personnel attacked as fire destroys Trinity TV and church
The Ghana National Fire Service in the Ashanti region is cautioning residents against rampant attacks on fire officers and their tenders over delays in...
Fire razes Trinity TV station and church at Krofoum
A devastating fire has destroyed a local television station, Trinity Television, and a church at Krofuom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.The...
Court convicts miner for setting stepfather’s house on fire
The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 24-year-old small-scale miner, Richard Arthur, aka Afianga to two years imprisonment for setting his stepfather’s single-room mud...
Oppong Nkrumah reacts to Saglemi fire [Listen]
The redevelopment project at the Quarm LMI site remains unaffected despite a fire that broke out on the premises, the Works and Housing Minister...
Why warehouse fire will not affect progress of Saglemi Affordable Housing project
The Tuesday night fire at the warehouse of the Saglemi Affordable Housing project was started by some labourers who had been engaged to clear the...
Fire destroys 5 containers at Saglemi Affordable Housing Project site
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) successfully extinguished a fire at the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project on Tuesday evening.The blaze, which started at approximately...
Ghana’s fire outbreak statistics rage in 2024
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has recorded a total of 5,596 fire outbreaks between January to November of this year as against 5,258...
GNFS urges Ghanaians to prevent fires during yuletide
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has urged Ghanaians to remain vigilant during this festive season, ensuring that their celebrations do not compromise safety.The...
Expedite investigation into fire incident at Kwashieman Cluster of Schools – GES urges Police
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has called on the police to expedite investigations and apprehend those responsible for the fire that destroyed the library...
Woman dies after being set on fire
A man has been arrested in New York in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway...
Fire destroys teachers’ flats at Toase SHS
A catastrophic fire has ravaged four teachers' flats at Toase Senior High School, located in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of Ashanti Region.The blaze,...
Control room of Ashanti fire command strained by increase in prank calls
The control room of the Ashanti Regional Fire Service has been contending with an increasing number of prank calls.The Service receives at least one...
Ashanti region records 12% increase in fire cases in 2024
The Ashanti region has recorded 1,040 fire cases since the beginning of 2024, representing a 12% increase.The region recorded 928 cases last year.Regional Fire...
Over 3,000 students displaced after fire damages Kwashieman cluster of schools
More than 3,000 students at the Kwashieman Cluster of Schools in the Ablekuma North constituency of the Greater Accra region are grappling with the...
EC speaks on fire incident that destroyed Ablekuma North election materials
The Electoral Commission(EC) has assured of alternative methods in the verification of the Ablekuma North Constituency Parliamentary election results.This follows a fire outbreak at...
Family loses 4-bedroom house to fire in Berekum
A family has lost its four-bedroom house to a fire incident in Berekum of the Bono region.The fire, which started in the early hours...
One injured as fire guts house at Hausa Zongo in Tamale
A devastating fire has destroyed multiple properties at at Hausa Zongo in Tamale in the Northern Region.According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS),...
Kwashieman Cluster of Schools fire: We must deal with perpetrators -Edudzi Tamaklo
The Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamaklo, has urged the swift arrest and prosecution of those responsible...
Traders at racecourse market call for support following fire incident
Several stalls occupied by traders of watermelon and other perishable goods have been ravaged by fire at the Racecourse Market in KumasiThe fire, which...
Kwashieman Cluster of Schools fire: Eyewitness makes shocking revelation [Listen]
Following the fire incident at the Kwashieman Cluster of School in the Ablekuma North constituency, a resident and eyewitness has said he suspects arson.In...
Fire destroys six shops at Racecourse market in Kumasi [Video]
A late-night fire has destroyed six shops at the Bantama Racecourse Market in Kumasi, leaving traders devastated as goods worth thousands of cedis were...
Police investigate fire outbreak at Kwashieman Cluster of Schools
The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Ghana National Fire Service, has launched an investigation into a fire outbreak that occurred on this...
Kwashieman Cluster of School which housed Ablekuma North ballot boxes on fire
A fire outbreak at the Kwashieman Cluster of Schools in the early hours of today has raised alarm, as the facility housed ballot boxes...
Damango EC office set on fire [Video]
A group of irate youth in Damango in the Savannah region have set the Electoral Commission(EC) office on fire.Joy News' Isaac Nonya reported the...
Collation suspended in Ahafo Ano North; shots fired to disperse angry voters
Security personnel in Ahafo Ano North in the Ashanti region reportedly fired gunshots after angry voters expressed their frustration over the collation process in...
2024 election: Fire Service, other security agencies hold peace walk
The Ghana National Fire Service, in collaboration with other security agencies in the Bono East Region, organized a peace walk in Techiman to promote...
Jackie Appiah marks birthday with community for offering support during house fire
Renowned Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah has expressed heartfelt gratitude to her community for their unwavering support during a recent fire outbreak at her plush...
Fire destroys four shops at Santa Maria
A fire outbreak involving four metal containers has been reported at Santa Maria A-land near the taxi rank.It is currently unclear what led to...
Fire Service issues fraud alert over fake appointment letters, prospectuses
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says it has uncovered an ongoing recruitment fraud involving fake appointment letters circulating on social media.In a Facebook...
Axim house fire: Death toll rises to 6
The death toll from the house fire at Axim in the Western Region has risen to six following the death of three more victims.The...
Three perish, others critically injured in Axim house fire
A devastating fire outbreak in Axim, located in the Western Region, has claimed the lives of three family members while leaving three others in...
Several wooden structures destroyed in fire outbreak at Agbogbloshie
A fierce fire has destroyed several wooden structures and their contents at Agbogbloshie in the Greater Accra Region.The fire incident occurred at about 9:38...
Man killed in fire outbreak at Sawla
An old man believed to be in his 80s known as Nmei Sam has died in his room after a fire outbreak in the...
Latest on NPP PC’s campaign vehicle gutted by fire on Sampa road
Occupants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign vehicle which was gutted by fire on the Sampa road are said to have escaped unhurt...
‘Expired’ rice scandal: FDA is complicit; top officials must be fired – Ablakwa
North Tongu MP and whistleblower in the expired rice scandal, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) of facilitating the...
4 Ghanaian UN peacekeepers injured in rocket fire attack in Lebanon
The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon says four of its troops were injured when a rocket hit a base, one of three separate...
One killed as fire destroys properties at Atonsu Bokuro
A 17-year-old boy, whose name has only been given as Jerry, has been killed in a fire outbreak at Atonsu Bokuro in the Asokwa...
Over 4,600 fire incidents recorded in Ghana in 9 months – GNFS warns of...
Ghana has recorded a staggering 4,650 fire incidents from January to September 2024, with experts attributing a significant portion of these fires to urbanization...
Over 80% of non-functional fire tenders restored – GNFS
Alex King Nartey, a member of the Public Relations Department of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has revealed that most of the fire tenders...