Traders are rebuilding their shops in Ghana’s largest market for secondhand clothing after it was gutted by fire this month. Traders lost money and products, crippling their businesses. But the ongoing rebuilding exercise at the market is still a source of worry for fire safety officials who warn that there could a recurrence of the disaster if safety measures are ignored.
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00:00There have been fires in Kathmandu since it was a traffic, but it's very much still devastated.
00:21It is still too devastated, such that we cannot understand.
00:24So this one is the worst one that we have experienced so far.
00:28I have been living in this house for 15 years.
00:33I had 10 bills, 220 million.
00:43But this is not the first time this market has been consumed by flames.
00:48Fires here in 2020, 2022 and now 2025 have left traders grappling with the same painful question.
00:58When will this end?
01:00The continuous use of wood in the market is a bad sign because you can't keep doing the same thing and expect different results.
01:31My worry is that they should stop them right now in the market for cooking.
01:37For cooking, no. Because most of the people who are in the market cooking, they are using gas.