{"id":44491,"date":"2023-03-16T06:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T06:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/new-kejetia-market-closed-down-after-wednesday-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T06:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T06:48:03","slug":"new-kejetia-market-closed-down-after-wednesday-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/new-kejetia-market-closed-down-after-wednesday-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kejetia Market closed down after Wednesday fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"362\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Kejetia fire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kejetia-fire-696x362.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"362\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kejetia-fire-696x362.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kejetia fire\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_top  tdi_2 td_block_template_9\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"140\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678949283_95_power_prophecy-inline.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678949283_95_power_prophecy-inline.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Kumasi City Market Limited, managers of the New Kejetia Market, have temporarily closed down the New Kejetia Market following Wednesday afternoon\u2019s fire outbreak that gutted parts of the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision to close down the 300,000-capacity market with over 8,400 shops was arrived at following close consultations between authorities at Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and managers of the New Kejetia Market.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <em>GhanAkoma<\/em> evening political show on <strong>Akoma FM<\/strong> in Kumasi, the Managing Director of the facility, Kofi Duffour, said that was the only option to save the situation now.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with host Aduanaba Kofi Asante, Mr Duffour pointed out that this is to allow personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service and other technicians inspect and satisfy themselves with fire and safety installations in the market.<\/p>\n<p>He said the market will be opened on Thursday at about 1:00pm only after personnel from the Service, electrical engineers and cleaners have cleaned and test-run the facility.<\/p>\n<p>A swift intervention by fire officers prevented what could have been one of the biggest fire incidents in the Garden City, as parts of the New Kejetia Market caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>Electrical and fire installations such as automatic sprinklers, water hoses and water hydrants installed at the New Kejetia Market were said to have contributed to swift Fire Service response to bring the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p>The conduct of the fire personnel earned applause from the Managing Director of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, in\u00a0 Kumasi, we are so fortunate that we have expert fire service personnel. The regional commander and metro fire commander. Look at the expertise that they just exhibited now,\u201d said Mr Duffour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody here was applauding them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Benjamin Aidoo|Akoma FM|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kumasi City Market Limited, managers of the New Kejetia Market, have temporarily closed down the New Kejetia Market following Wednesday afternoon\u2019s fire outbreak that gutted parts of the market. 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