DO2 Mark Hamilton, the Ellembelle District Fire Commander has asserted that 18 Maaha Beach Resort rooms and 15 Vision Resort were destroyed in the fire outbreak.
Maaha Beach Resort suffered a severe fire outbreak on Wednesday evening, May 28, 2025.
The fire outbreak destroyed several beachfront structures, including accommodations around its main pool area.
According to reports, the fire started around 7 p.m. in the kitchen of Vision Beach before spreading to parts of the Maaha Beach Resort.
Maaha Beach Resort is a popular destination in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
An eyewitness asserted that the fire tender from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant could not immediately extinguish the blaze due to the nature of the fire.
She narrated, “The fire didn’t start from our end but from Vision Beach. It started from the kitchen through its front desk before it spread to our place [Maaha]. The Ghana Gas fire tender was even passing when the fire started but they said they couldn’t help because of the chemicals they use.
She further said the delay of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant fire tender led to them calling the fire tenders based in Axim and nearby areas to help.
“So we called the personal assistant of the MP to call Axim and other tenders to come and help,” she added.
Speaking to Citi News, DO2 Hamilton detailed, “For Maaha Beach, 18 rooms were affected. For Vision Resort, 15 rooms were affected. There were no casualties. As we speak, the situation is under control. The rooms that were affected had no occupants. Maaha is operational”.
“The call was placed at 07:59 hours, and we arrived at the scene by 08:04 hours. There was no issue with the fire tender from Ghana Gas — in fact, that was the first one dispatched and it arrived in under four minutes.
“We later called for a second pump from another station to assist, so we had two pumps on site,” he clarified.
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🚨ICYMI🇬🇭🔥: Maaha Beach Resort is in flames; cause of the fire is currently unknown.
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