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Bushfire destroys settler communities
Nkoranza (B/A), Feb. 26, Ghanadot/GNA-
Bushfire has destroyed 26 thatched houses, personal
belongings and foodstuffs at Krutu, a settler farming
community in Nkoranza District of Brong-Ahafo Region.
Mr Kwadwo Baafi, Zonal Coordinator of National Disaster
Management Organisation (NADMO) in-charge of Nkwabeng in the
district, told Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Nkoranza that
maize, millet, yams, cowpeas and groundnuts were burnt and
the victims were displaced.
He appealed to the District Assembly and NADMO to assist the
affected persons with relief items.
Mr Akrapim Baffoe, assembly member for Asuoso in the
district, also told GNA that there was bushfire at Asuoso
and Kwafre resulting in the destruction of large quantities
of food stuffs and personal belongings.
GNA learnt that cashew farms in Kranka in the district were
destroyed by bushfire.
GNA
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