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SHOCKING: Traders reeling as fire destroys ghana s largest clothes market | Mind Blowing Facts

People try to salvage items from the burned down secondhand clothing market at Kantamanto in Accra, Ghana, on January 2, 2025. The fire at the Kantamanto market began in the early morning hours, destroying a large part of the area and displacing thousands of traders. AFP - NIPAH DENNIS

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.

The fire swept through the bustling Kantamanto Market early on Thursday morning, reducing much of it to ashes.

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