Juaso (Ash), Jan 13, GNA - The Asante-Akim South District

Office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO)

has stepped up the fight to prevent wildfires in the area.

Mr Agyapong Boadi, District NADMO Coordinator, said the annual ritual of

destruction of farms and other property during the harmattan

through fires would have to end.

He said "Disaster Volunteer Groups" had already been formed

in the various communities for this goal.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Juaso, Mr Boadi said

NADMO would work closely with the Ghana National Fire Service

(GNFS) to ensure that the incidence of fire was significantly

curtailed.

He warned that those who started fires would be arrested and

brought to justice. '