A total of 70 people have been treated and discharged Nineteen people who sustained various degrees of injury, during last Tuesday’s gas explosion at Takoradi are still on admission at the Effia Nkwanta Government Hospital. A total of 70 people has however been treated and discharged. The Acting Medical Director at the Effia Nkwanta Government … Read more
Over 100 persons were left with varying injuries after a gas explosion on the Sekondi-Takoradi road in the Western Region. According to eyewitnesses and officials from the Ghana National Fire Service who spoke to Obrempong, the explosion occurred “at about 7: 10 this [Tuesday] morning, when a gas tanker was discharging gas close to the … Read more
Tuesday’s explosion at a utensils-producing company in Sekondi/Takoradi in the Western Region has left over 150 persons hospitalized, 3news.com has learnt. The hospitalized are workers and residents who suffered various degrees of injury as a result of the explosion. The explosion, which resulted in fire, was near an oil depot, Olam Distributors. The fire has … Read more
More than one hundred people have been rushed to the Takoradi Port Hospital in the Western Region after sustaining injuries from a gas explosion on the Sekondi-Takoradi road. The injured include fire men who were fighting the blaze. Citi News’ Western Regional Correspondent Oberempong Yaw Ampofo, reported that firemen were having a hectic time, putting … Read more
The entire Tamale Metropolis which is the Northern Regional capital relies on only one fire hydrant for putting out fires should any emergency break out in the city. Officials of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) also reveal that the same hydrant located at the University for Development Studies Graduate School is also relied on … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) yesterday joined their counterparts around the world to mark World Fire Fighters Day. It is a day set aside to recognize the role of fighters in saving lives and preventing fires and to pay tributes to those who lost their lives in the line of duty. In Ghana the … Read more
A 35-year-old woman, Patricia Morrison, met her untimely death when a taxi she was driving veered off the road and landed in an abandoned ‘galamsey’ pit at Abease, near Cyanide in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the incident happened on Monday evening when three persons, including the deceased, went … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service is warning the public against the activities of individuals posing as personnel of the national service rendering unauthorized services for money. Officials observe these supposed fire service persons extort money from unexpected clients and issue fake fire certificates to them. Ashanti Regional Fire Commander, Semekor Fiadzo says “some people are … Read more
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has developed two fire detection devices in a bid to enhance the nation’s pursuit to bringing down the incidence of fire outbreaks. They include ‘PySpy’, open-space intelligent fire detection and alert system, the world’s first of such technology to be invented, and ‘Laser Smoke Detector’, an … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has hinted of a massive demolition exercise to remove all illegal structures put up on roads and waterways, as well as on government lands in the Bolgatanga municipality. Mr. Bukari said the move was among measures to be deployed to secure land for government projects since land acquisition … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has hinted of a massive demolition exercise to remove all illegal structures put up on roads and waterways, as well as on government lands in the Bolgatanga municipality. Mr. Bukari said the move was among measures to be deployed to secure land for government projects, since land acquisition … Read more
Angered by the ‘abysmal’ firefighting prowess exhibited by the fire personnel on the ground during last Saturday’s inferno that raised down two edifices in the premises of the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra, top commanders of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are asking government to immediately relieve the Chief Fire Officer, Brown Gaisie, off … Read more
Host of Late Edition on 3FM 92.7, Alfred Ocansey, has asked the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to publish a list of its annual and periodic fire audits on public buildings for the public to know those that are safe. He made the call when he hosted Mr Prince Billy Anaglate, Divisional Fire Officer of … Read more
Groupe Nduom has said the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Prince Billy Anaglate, is “peddling lies” which turn to impugn the integrity of the business conglomerate as far as Saturday’s fire that swept through one of its subsidiaries, Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra, is concerned. “For example, he told … Read more
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s Groupe Nduom, has slammed the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, Prince Billy Anaglate, for blaming the firm for Saturday’s fire outbreak at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. The offices of GN Bank, Gold Coast Securities, Amansan TV and Business Television Africa, were all affected … Read more
Billy Anaglate is the PRO for the Ghana National fire service WE have been very measured in our comments on last Saturday’s fire that swept through a section of Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. As a responsible entity, Groupe Nduom believes that rather than putting the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) under the sword, … Read more
Fire on Tuesday morning gutted two apartments within the Workers’ Estate in Ho, destroying properties worth hundreds of cedis. No casualty was recorded in the fire at the block “D”. Henry Asare, an eyewitness who lives on the block told the Ghana News Agency that he spotted smoke from the rooms around 9:30am and rushed … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service has said blame for the Saturday fire at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra should be directed at the management of Group Nduom. The offices of GN Bank, Gold Coast Securities, Amansan TV and Business Television Africa were all affected by the fire at the hotel, which the fire service … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service has said blame for the Saturday fire at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra should be directed at the management of Group Nduom. The offices of GN Bank, Gold Coast Securities, Amansan TV and Business Television Africa were all affected by the fire at the hotel, which the fire service said could have been avoided … Read more
Executive Secretary of the Bureau of Public Safety, Nana Yaw Akwada, a non-governmental organisation, has asked the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to intensify its public education on fire safety across the country. The call follows last weekend’s fire incident that gutted down some buildings and offices inside the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. … Read more