A furniture showroom shop at DVLA Junction in Winneba caught fire on Monday, January 2, 2023.

The Winneba Fire Station received a call at 1350 hours on Monday.

The firefighting team led by STNO II Anthony Nyarko was quickly dispatched to the fire scene.

The crew were able to contain the raging fire and prevented it from spreading to nearby shops including a pub when they got to the scene at 1353 hours without recording any casualty.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire was caused by some children who went around the affected furniture shop to play with lit matches which ignited available combustibles nearby and spread into the affected furniture shop while destroying its contents.