By Aboagye Takoradi, Ghana — The fire was already roaring through the carpentry shop when Assistant Station Officer Michael Asare and his team arrived. Smoke curled into the sky. Onlookers crowded in, shouting conflicting instructions. Their truck held only 500 gallons of water — barely enough. “We had to improvise,” he recalls. “Call another station, connect to a nearby tap, pray there’s water in the line. And most of all — stay calm.” It’s all in a day’s work for Ghana’s firefighters — frontline heroes battling blazes, road accidents, gas leaks, and public misconceptions with courage and often, very limited support. The Fire Within: The Work of Ghana’s Firefighters The…