The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, in the company of officials from the National Fire Service and National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has inspected the Kejetia market to assess the damage caused by the fire, which engulfed parts of the market on Wednesday.
The fire fighters told the minister and his team that the fire certificate for the facility had expired and that installed fire gadgets at the market did not match that of the Fire Service, thus impeding the fighting of the fire initially.
Meanwhile, the Kejetia Market Complex has since been closed down on the orders of the Kumasi City Markets Limited (KCML), the managers of the facility, to ensure effective assessment of the fire outbreak.
Mr. E.K. Duffuor Addae, Managing Director of KCML thanked the GNFS for the swift intervention to check the spread of the inferno.
He said no injuries had so far been recorded as a result of the fire.
