About 50 stalls have been burnt to ashes after the Madina Market in Accra caught fire on Wednesday night.
It is currently unknown what may have caused the inferno that occurred around 9PM.
Officers from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) were at the scene to douse the fire.
Deputy Director of Operations at the Ghana National Fire Service, D.O.1. Kofi Forson, who engaged the media, recounted the challenges the firefighters faced in quenching the flame.
“It was not easy for us and there was a lack of access to where the fire was spreading and because it happened in the night, the shops were closed and we had to break through and that made it tedious,” he said.
Currently, affected individuals are counting their losses. Also, no deaths have been reported, however, two traders, out of shock, fainted upon arriving at the scene.