{"id":15667,"date":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15667"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","slug":"massive-fire-ravages-kasoa-new-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15667","title":{"rendered":"Massive Fire Ravages Kasoa New Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Fire-620x406-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Fire-620x406-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Fire-620x406-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A major fire outbreak has erupted at the Kasoa New Market, prompting a large-scale emergency response from the Ghana National Fire Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighters from the Kasoa and Weija Fire Stations are currently battling the blaze, with reinforcement arriving from several other commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire tenders from Legon, Madina, Dansoman, and the Flagstaff House have all been dispatched to support efforts at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, all available fire pumps from Accra have been mobilised to help contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighting operations are ongoing as authorities work to bring the situation under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No casualties have been confirmed yet, while the extent of damage is still being assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause of the fire is yet to be established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major fire outbreak has erupted at the Kasoa New Market, prompting a large-scale emergency response from the Ghana National Fire Service. Firefighters from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15669,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667\/revisions\/15669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}