A number of shops at the frontage of the Timber Market at Ashaiman, were gutted by fire at dawn on Tuesday.
The fire also extended to three other shops within the main market, destroying large quantities of goods.
Items destroyed included building materials, clothing, provisions and other general goods.
The immediate cause of the fire could not be immediately established, but according to Mr Frank Mensah, one of the shop owners, at the time traders were leaving the market on Monday evening, the place was experiencing a blackout.
Mr Mensah expressed regret that the fire destroyed goods worth about 200 million cedis stocked in his shop only three days ago.
A Fire Service team from Tema, which arrived at the scene at about 0700 hours managed to control the fire.
Source: GNA
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