Suame Police Station gutted by fire

At dawn on Easter Friday, fire gutted the headquarters of the Suame District Police station in Kumasi.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but the police said they suspected foul play.

Typing machines, desks and tables, chairs, files, dockets and other vital police documents were completely destroyed.

It took personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in Kumasi several hours to put the fire under control.

Mr Gideon Boateng of the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Unit told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), that at about 4.30 am on Easter Friday, a taxi driver alerted officers at the charge office, which is a little far from the headquarters that smoke was coming out from the building.

He said the officers on duty rushed to the scene and called personnel from the GNFS who responded immediately to put the fire under control.

Mr Boateng said the police was not expecting any fire outbreak at that material time and more so, did not know the cause of the outbreak.

Investigations are continuing to find out the cause, he said.