The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed that the woman who allegedly caused the Kumasi Kejetia Market fire incident has been arrested.
The suspect identified as a 60-year-old woman (name withheld), was reportedly arrested on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, by the police after officers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) reported the case.
The woman who deals in rubber mats has been assisting the investigations of the police and fire service.
Preliminary investigations by the Ghana National Fire Service have established the cause of the fire which was that the woman who is a shop owner cooked with a gas cylinder.
It escalated due to the combustible materials that are sold around the area the fire started.
Meanwhile, another trader at the Kejetia Market was also arrested on Tuesday for allegedly cooking inside her shop using an LPG cylinder, which is not allowed in the market.
She was arrested on the very day the market was reopened for traders after fire gutted several shops at the facility.
According to the report, some traders sounded an alarm to the police when they saw the woman allegedly cooking inside her shop.
President of the Kejetia Traders Union, Nana Kwasi Prempeh, who confirmed the arrest said the woman was arrested around 2 pm on March 21 and was granted bail on Wednesday.
He said the management of the Kejetia Market will begin legal processes to prosecute the suspect.