Ghana's informal economy suffered an enormous blow after a fire engulfed the Kantamanto used clothes market late Wednesday, displacing thousands of traders and destroying goods worth millions of the local cedi currency.

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Accra fire destroys Ghana's largest used clothes market

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses.

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Huge fire at Ghanaian clothing market destroys hundreds of stalls

Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana before and after the fire.Enoch Nsoh and Julius Tornyi/The Or FoundationA fire devasted one of the world's largest secondhand clothing markets in Accra, Ghana.Kantamanto Market receives 15 million garments weekly and employs some 30,000 people.An advocacy group urged the global fashion industry to provide relief.A fire devastated one of the world's largest secondhand clothes markets in Accra, Ghana.The blaze sta…

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Before and after photos show how a fire destroyed a market where much of the world's secondhand clothes end up

The fire, which erupted late on Wednesday, January 1, consumed vast sections of the largest used clothes market in the West African country, displacing thousands of traders, disaster officials said.

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Ghana: Fire guts Kantamanto market, heart of Africa's used clothing trade

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A huge fire has reduced Ghana's main second-hand clothing market in the capital Accra to ashes. The losses for the local market are considerable The fire,

Un énorme incendie a réduit en cendres le principal marché de vente de vêtements de seconde main du Ghana dans la capitale Accra. Les pertes pour le marché local sont considérables L’incendie,

Ghana : un énorme incendie ravage le principal marché de vêtements de seconde main venus d’Europe et de France

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Ghana: a huge fire ravages the main market for second-hand clothing from Europe and France

Eyewitnesses reported frantic efforts by people at the scene to extinguish the flames as the blaze spread through the market, reportedly destroying over a hundred shops.

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Fire engulfs major market in Ghana's capital

Ghana's informal economy has suffered an enormous blow after a fire engulfed the Kantamanto used clothes market in the capital on Thursday, destroying more than 100 shops and goods worth millions of the local cedi currency. Thousands of traders have lost their livelihoods.

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Traders reeling as fire destroys Ghana's largest clothes market

Ghana\'s Kantamanto market has been devastated by fire with traders urging the government to help.

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Fire devastates one of Africa's largest clothes markets

Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana before and after the fire.
Enoch Nsoh and Julius Tornyi/The Or Foundation
A fire devasted one of the world's largest secondhand clothing markets in Accra, Ghana.
Kantamanto Market receives 15 million garments weekly and employs some 30,000 people.
An advocacy…

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President Akufo-Addo has expressed deep regret and grief over Thursday’s fire that devastated the Kantamanto Market. Delivering his final State of the Nation address at Parliament on Friday, January 3, the outgoing President took the opportunity to sympathise with the affected traders who have lost huge investments due to the fire outbreak. “I want to put on record that I am deeply saddened by the devastating fire at Kantamanto market which took…

Blaze destroys Ghana's largest clothes market, over 100 shops were destroyed

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