A fire outbreak at the Kantamanto market in Accra on Tuesday night has destroyed goods worth thousands of cedis.

The cause of the fire which affected the second hand goods dealers in the market is immediately not known.

Reports said the fire started around 10 pm.

Fire fighters responded to the distress call and battled the fire in the night.

In another development, on Tuesday [December 15] fire gutted some shops in Koforidua in the Eastern Region and destroyed goods.