Huge fire at Ghanaian clothing market destroys hundreds of stalls
Jan 3, 2025 · The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets – has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s …
The Kantamanto Fire: A Devastating Blow to Ghana’s Informal …
Jan 13, 2025 · The Kantamanto market is one of the world’s biggest for used clothes, receiving 15 million used clothes -known locally as obroni wawu or ‘dead white man’s clothes’- from the …
Ghanaians call on fashion brands to step up after fire guts world's ...
Jan 10, 2025 · A Jan. 2 blaze ripped through Kantamanto Market in Ghana's capital city of Accra, destroying millions of items of used clothing, and jeopardizing the livelihoods of more than …
Ghanaians hit hard after fire destroys country's largest used …
Jan 14, 2025 · The Kantamanto Market in the capital Accra was ravaged by a fire on the night of Jan. 1 that reduced huge swaths of it to ashes and destroyed millions of used clothing items.
Ghana's Kantamanto fire: Clothing market devastated by blaze
Jan 3, 2025 · With over 100 shops destroyed and the much of the area charred, traders at Ghana's Kantamanto market are urging the government to help restore their livelihoods. Go to …
Devastating Fire Engulfs Kantamanto Market In Accra, Ghana
Jan 2, 2025 · ACCRA, Ghana — A massive fire swept through Kantamanto Market in the early hours of Jan. 2, destroying more than 100 shops and causing millions of cedis in damages.
Huge blaze destroys Ghana's largest used clothes market
Jan 3, 2025 · Ghana's informal economy suffered an enormous blow after a fire engulfed the Kantamanto used clothes market late Wednesday, displacing thousands of traders and …
Kantamanto market: At one of the world’s largest clothing dumps ... - CNN
Aug 10, 2023 · Kantamanto Market in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, has long been a destination for used clothes, but the volume being imported today far exceeds the space. Approximately …
Traders count dia loss as fire destroy Kantamanto market for Ghana
Jan 2, 2025 · Fire outbreak happun for Kantamanto market for Accra, Ghana, for di early hours of Thursday, and destroy ova 100 shops.
What the Kantamanto Market fire means for sustainable fashion
Jan 3, 2025 · A devastating fire broke out at Ghana’s Kantamanto Market in the early hours of 2 January, leaving thousands of clothing recycling and upcycling businesses displaced — and …
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