Fire destroys two shops at Adum

Fire gutted two stores at Adum, the nerve centre of economic activities in Kumasi in the early hours of Wednesday destroying items worth millions of cedis.

The stores, Asomadu Enterprise and Owusu and Asare Company Limited sell various electrical items, which were all destroyed. The only items that were salvaged were plastic chairs.

It took the Metropolitan Fire Service about two hours to bring the fire under control.

When the GNA got to the scene, personnel of the Fire Service assisted by some members of the public were salvaging what was left from the two shops.

Divisional Fire Officer Herbert Acquah told the GNA that they were informed about the outbreak at about 06:00 hours.

He expressed concern about the behaviour of some members of the public, who under the pretext of helping to salvage items during the fire outbreaks rather steal them.

He condemned those, who were obstructing the firemen and said but for the presence of the Police they would have had a hell of a time putting out the fire.