Tse Addo Residents Wail As They Lose Properties Worth Millions of Cedis To Fire Outbreak
- A fire outbreak has destroyed properties in Tse Addo, a community in the Greater Accra region
- The incident occurred on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, leaving residents wailing over their losses
- Netizens who saw videos were heartbroken and expressed their views in the comments
Residents of Tse Addo, a community in the La Dade-Kotopon Municipality, are counting their losses after a raging fire destroyed parts of their community.
Properties worth millions of Ghana cedis, including a beautiful house, were reported to have been consumed by the fierce fire on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
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Reports indicate that the fire hit the community during the night, leaving residents in the community devastated. The cause of the fire is yet to be made public.
Fire officers responded to the incident, but their efforts were in vain as the blaze had already destroyed many properties.
Women were seen in a video wailing over the destruction of their properties, which they suggested had taken them years to acquire.
Watch the video of the incident below:
Fire outbreaks are becoming rampant in Ghana
Ghana has witnessed many fierce fires since the beginning of the year. It started with the devastating fire that consumed the Kantamanto market in January.
Traders left their vending points on the eve of the fire incident but returned the following day to find their goods worth millions of Ghana cedis destroyed by fire.
In March 2025, another devastating fire incident occurred at Adum, where shops belonging to traders were destroyed by the flames.
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Fire service personnel were at the scene to quench the fire, but their efforts were in vain, and properties worth millions of Ghana cedis were destroyed.
The latest community to suffer from this devastating incident is Tse Addo, with residents still reeling over their losses.
Netizens react to Tse Addo fire
Netizens who saw videos from the fire scene were heartbroken.
Many in the comments section questioned having fire service personnel when the country keeps recording huge destruction from incidents.
@keembobo wrote:
"But seriously, this fire thing be someway! I can’t build a house worth over 200k and can't afford a fire extinguisher which is less than 500gh!!"
@Anerobeezy2 wrote:
"Since Mahama came to power fire outbreak nkoaa. We should be careful o."
@okpotyre wrote:
"It definitely has to do with a power (electricity) issue. It’s a thing in Tse Addo lately, ours was almost engulfed some 2 weeks ago, and it’s not even funny."
@Kokejorge6 wrote:
"The Dumsor is too much a aarrbah Ghana de333."
@georgeeSpikey wrote:
"They’re now pleading for a fire service car. Abi Ghana elites don’t want to put the government and assemblies on their toes. They only think of themselves, forgetting that disaster can strike anytime."
@Rhunsey wrote:
"It’s high time we learned that the Fire service is a white elephant in this country. No need to call them when you’re in danger cos they can’t do anything."
University of Ghana suffers fire outbreak
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a fire destroyed properties at one of the University of Ghana's directorates.
The National Fire Service had personnel on hand to fight the inferno, but the damage had already been done.
The fire at the UG directorate on February 26, 2025, reportedly destroyed property worth thousands of cedis.
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