Sex workers in Ashaiman Goes Homeless

Scores of commercial sex workers operating in Tutulane, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Tsenagbe Electoral Area of the Greater Accra Region have been rendered homeless, following an inferno that engulfed a section of their cubicles.

The fire, which occurred last Thursday, razed down over forty cubicles made of wood and roofing sheets being occupied by the sex workers, some with their children and kiosks.

Condoms were commonly seen over the place after the fire which destroyed electrical appliances, furniture, cooking utensils and personal effects was put out.

The cause of the fire although not immediately ascertain but eyewitnesses accounts indicates that the fire was caused by a piece of cigarette one of the prostitutes had smoked but failed to put it out because she was in a hurry to attend to her client.

Some prostitutes whose lost properties summing to thousands of Ghana cedis got destroyed were seen wailing at the scene with their friends consoling them. No casualty was recorded.

Two suspects were also arrested by the Ashaiman Police for allegedly looting cloths and properties of affected persons and they were put behind bars at the Ashaiman District Police Headquarters.

It took personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), who responded to a distress call, over two hours to bring the fire under total control.

Divisional Fire Officer (DFO) III, Anthony Mawuko Semey, District Fire Service Commander in Ashaiman said two fire engines from Ashaiman Main Fire and Tema Regional Fire Services and a water tanker were used to put out the fire.

According to him, it is too early to pinpoint the cause of the fire but investigations would be launched into the incident which attracted more people to the area.

He noted the fire could have spread to affect other structures if not their swift respond to the incident.

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