page_title: Kejetia, Kumasi, Ghana
section_title: Fires
hierarchical_section_title: Kejetia, Kumasi, Ghana / Fires
caption_attribution_description: Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service (GNFRS) at the Ghana 59th Independence Day Celebrations.
context_page_description: The Kumasi Central Market is an open-air market in the city of Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti. Kumasi Central Market is in the rain forest bioregion of Ashanti on the Ashantiland Peninsula. Kumasi is approximately 300 miles north of the Equator and 100 miles north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is popularly known as "The Garden City" or "heart beat" of Ashanti and the Ashantiland Peninsula because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants.
  The Kejetia market is the largest single market in West Africa. It has over 10,000 stores and stalls.
context_section_description: Fire outbreaks have historically been the major destroyer of the Kejetia market. The Kejetia market has had several outbreaks that have resulted in the destruction of stores, stalls and their wares. The destruction in most cases runs into several millions of cedis.
  One outbreak occurred on 19 September 2001, when a blazing hail of fire gutted over 150 stores at the old Kejetia market. It took the intervention of the Kumasi City Fire Service to fight the fire from spreading to other stores. The cost of items destroyed was not readily assessed. The cause was attributed to illegal electrical connections performed by workers of a private developer.
caption: National Fire and Rescue Service fire engines
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