The Ghana National Fire Service has revealed that 646 fire outbreaks were recorded in December 2022.
The service said the figure represents an increase of 10.1% in the fires recorded in the month of December 2022 as against the same period in 2021.
It added that 210 and 153 out-on-arrival cases were recorded respectively for December 2022 and December 2021 representing an increase of 37.3%.
The statement issued by the GNFS that in November 2022, 375 fires were recorded.
According to the service, there were no casualties.
Meanwhile, the statement revealed that in the last 7 days of December 2022, 12 road traffic collision incidents were responded to, resulting in 34 injuries and 2 deaths.
There were 91 domestic fires, 54 bush fires, 33 commercial fires, 24 vehicular fires, 15 electrical installation fires, 6 crown and refuse dump fires, and 3 institutional fires among the 226 total fires recorded for the last week in December 2022.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
