Residents living near the Kpone landfill site in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra region have deserted their homes due to the unbearable smoke bellowing from the landfill site which is up in flames.
The cause of the fire 3news.com gathers was triggered by unknown person who lit a cigarette and drop it on the dump site setting it up in flames.
Personnel from the Tema Fire Service have since last night been struggling to douse the flames, despite they have deployed six fire tenders.
Speaking to the news team, the Tema Deputy Fire Commander, DOI Timothy Osafo Affum said a lot more efforts are require to put out the fire completely.
“We have pulled all resources together to fight the fire but the intensity of this flame will take weeks to put out”
He disclosed they will allow the fire to burn out by itself because they do not have enough fire in the hydrants.
“We have advised people who live around here to relocate or look for another place to lodge because the smoke emanating from the dump site is poisonous until we put out this blaze”, he said. Timothy osafo affum affirmed.
He further stated that they have called for police assistance to help direct vehicles to avoid any accident.
By Josephine Frimpong|3news.com|Ghana
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