General News of Monday, 30 January 2017Source: Graphic.com.ghAnother fire outbreak at AgbogbloshieSome of the metal containers in flamesFire yesterday swept through the Sikkens Scrap Line, near Agbogbloshie in Accra, razing down some shops and destroying valuables running into thousands of Ghana cedis. No life was lost, but some structures which provided shelter for dealers in scrap metals in the area were destroyed. The fire, which reportedly started around 2 p.m., destroyed the wares of the scrap dealers, including second-hand fridges, electronic spare parts and extracted aluminium products. Dejection, despair and sorrow were written on the faces of some of the dealers in scrap metal in the area, as they were seen counting their losses. Scrap lineThe Sikkens Scrap Line is a hub for the extraction of aluminium products from scrap metal.

Source: GhanaWeb January 30, 2017 08:26 UTC