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GNFS entreats citizens to support the fight against fire outbreak

17Feb

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GNFS entreats citizens to support the fight against fire outbreak

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Ashanti Region has entreated citizens to support the fight against fire outbreaks by following fire safety precautions. According to the Service, majority of fire outbreaks in the region could be prevented through proper safety measures and awareness. Divisional Fire Officer (II), Mr Peter Addai, the Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional GNFS, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that, the GNFS only had 26 fire tenders serving all the 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the region. Some of them are old and out of operation because of frequent breakdowns. “Due to the limited number of fire tenders in the region, a tender serves about three to fou...

Fire Destroys 12-Acre Mango Farm in Somanya

A fire break has destroyed approximately 12 acres of mango farm in Okwenya, a suburb of Somanya, in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The mango farm, which occupies a total of 25 acres, suffered losses amounting to over GHc100,000. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr Abubakari Musah of the Somanya Fire Service said they received a distress call at 11:20 AM last week from the farm owner, who alerted them that the mango farm was ablaze. Office of the Ghana National Fire Service quickly mobilised a team to the scene, and successfully bringing the fire under control and extinguishing it. Mr Musah noted that the farmer operated a medium-scale piggery farm on the same land. Fortunately, the fire did not affect the piggery. After questioning the fa...

Los Angeles firefighters see progress in containing blazes

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