From the 1st of January 2023 to the 7th of January 2023, the Eastern Region has recorded twenty-three (23) fire outbreaks and three (3) accidents.
Bushfires topped the category of fires with eleven (11) incidents (due to the harmattan season that has set in), followed by domestic fires with four (4) incidents, then commercial fires with three (3) incidents. Vehicular fires were two (2), refuse dump fires (others) also two (2) and industrial fires one (1).
Six (6) casualties were recorded as a result of the three (3) accidents recorded.
The Eastern Regional Fire Commander, ACFO I Jennifer Naa Yarley Quaye has expressed her dissatisfaction about the incidents but promised her command’s readiness and poise to deal with all fires and other related incidents that will come its way in 2023.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
