On January 2, Kantamanto, the largest secondhand market in the world, was hit by a devastating fire that impacted hundreds of vendors. The market, situated in the heart of Accra, Ghana ...

The blaze started Thursday and destroyed as much as two-thirds of Kantamanto Market, which employs about 30,000 clothing traders and receives some 15 million garments weekly from wealthy countries ...

A video of a Ghanaian trader opening up on the impact of the Kantamanto Market fire on her business has got people talking She confessed that she took a loan to stock her shop and was now in a ...

The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets – has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s National Fire ...

A devastating fire that engulfed Kantamanto Market in Accra's Central Business District has claimed one life and left 14 others seriously injured. The blaze, which started at dawn on Thursday ...

A devastating fire swept through Kantamanto Market in Accra in the early hours of Thursday, January 2, 2025, reducing over 100 shops to ashes and leaving traders in despair. The blaze, which ...