More than 200 shops and stores have been destroyed in a fire outbreak at a rubber factory at Odawna, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, with goods worth thousands of cedis lost and several traders displaced. The blaze broke out on the morning of Monday, June 29, as torrential rains continued to batter the capital, leaving large parts of Accra submerged and severely hampering emergency response efforts. The fire spread rapidly through nearby structures, causing extensive damage to the commercial enclave.