General News of Saturday, 11 January 2020Source: 3news.comFire renders dozens homeless at Kpone KatamansoA shot of the scene [as seen on 3news.com]Scores of residents at Kpone in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been rendered homeless after fire razed down about 60 wooden structures serving as homes to them. “They are wooden structures that got burnt, and almost 60 rooms; all of them lost their personal belongings,” the Tema Regional Fire Operation Officer, Divisional Officer Grade II, William Abaka Blackson confirmed to 3news. One of the victims, Florence Nueterkie, said nothing was left for her to pick up as a result of the fire. The fire officer told 3news.com that firefighters had a very tough time in putting out the blaze, adding there were no casualties. “So with 5 engines, we were able to confine the fire to prevent it from spreading to adjoining buildings,” he stated.

Source: GhanaWeb January 11, 2020 12:33 UTC