According to reports, the fire started at 10:30am on Wednesday morning, February 2016, destroying the registry department.

Files on pending cases were consumed in the fire. Report say about eight rooms and four offices were also ravaged.

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Fire personnel took about two hours before being able to bring the fire under control.

The cause of the fire is not known as the Ghana National Fire Service are yet to launch an investigation into the matter.

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