General News of Monday, 6 April 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comScores of residents at Afful Nkwanta, a slum in the Ashanti Region, have been rendered homeless after a fire destroyed wooden structures used as makeshift homes. The blaze, which started in the early hours of April 6, 2026, consumed multiple homes in the densely populated slum, according to a report by citinewsroom.com. Fuel tanker overturns at Adidome Dorfor, firefighters avert explosion“We put up these wooden structures ourselves, but there’s no proper layout or guidance to arrange them safely. It’s a huge loss, but we leave it to the will of God,” Mahammud Bawah Zakaria stated. This latest incident comes just months after a similar fire in a nearby slum in January 2026, which also left dozens displaced and destroyed numerous properties.

Source: GhanaWeb April 06, 2026 23:24 UTC