Kumasi, June 2, GNA- Property worth several millions of Ghana Cedis, was destroyed when fire gutted an electrical store and a supermarket at Ayigya near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi on Sunday. According to eye-witnesses, the fire broke out at about 22:00 hours and lasted for almost an hour, razing down the two stores in the process.

The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered that it took personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) hours before they were able to put out the fire as they found it difficult to get to the shops due to the many unauthorized structures sited on the way to the two stores. Confirming the incident, Inspector Bossman Ababio in charge of the KNUST police station, said there were no casualties and that his outfit was still investigating the cause of the fire in collaboration with the GNFS.