The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says it protected the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel after fire gutted some commercial properties within the facility on Saturday. The GNFS says it was not sluggish in the handling the fire as it has said in the media. GNFS PRO, Prince Billy Anaglatey told Joy News Monday the strategies … Read more
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, D. O1 Prince Billy Anaglatey says the lack of an helicopter is hampering their effort to combat fire effectively. Due to the high-rise buildings and emerging technology people use in building these days, the need for helicopter fire fighter cannot be over-emphasised, he asserted. He … Read more
Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin has suggested the need for government institutions to begin to use vehicles manufactured by Ghanaian Engineering firm Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo automobile. According to the Overload of Akyem Abuakwa state, government must purchase some of the Kantanka vehicles to institutions such as the Ghana Police Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and … Read more
play videoSome Fire officers using the water from the pool Officers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) had to resort to water from a swimming pool to suppress a fire that had engulfed a house near the Nigerian High Commission at Roman Ridge in Accra. The fire officers, having failed to put out the … Read more
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Billy Anaglate, has said workers of Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra who were present during the fire outbreak on Saturday April 22 called the police helpline 191, instead of the Fire Service’s 192 and 999. According to him, it was for this reason … Read more
A former Deputy Minister for the Interior, James Agalga, has said the Ghana National Fire Service will need to be resourced to enable them fight fires more effectively. According to him, although the John Mahama administration provided several fire tenders as a way of resourcing the service, the current government will have to ensure that … Read more
The CEO of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom believes more urgency on the part of relevant state institutions could have lessened the damage caused by the fire that ravaged parts of his Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. In a Facebook post, he suggested the need for reforms with respect to the attitude of … Read more
The Corporate Affairs Manager of Groupe Nduom, Richmond Keelson, has revealed that firefighters who thronged the premises of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra to douse the fire that gutted portions of the building on Saturday were more concerned about their safety than putting out the blaze. The hotel, owned by businessman and politician … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has started investigating the causes of the fire outbreak that gutted property forming part of Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom’s business conglomerate at North Ridge in Accra, over the weekend. The fire, which according to a staff of Amansan Television (ATV), started between 5:00 and 5.30pm on Saturday destroyed property … Read more
Groupe Nduom, the parent company of GN Bank and Gold Coast Fund Management has announced that customer deposits at the companies are safe in spite of a fire disaster that razed the offices of the two companies on Saturday. It said the company will open for business on Monday to enable customers transaction regular business. A … Read more
Prince Billy Anaglate, said the public misunderstood what was happening at the scene The Ghana National Fire Service has pushed hard against criticisms that they sent empty fire tenders to the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel which was on fire Saturday evening. Deputy Public Relations Officer of the fire service, Prince Billy Anaglate, said the public … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has started investigating the causes of the fire outbreak that gutted property forming part of Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom’s business conglomerate at North Ridge in Accra, at the weekend. The fire, which according to a staff of Amansan Television (ATV), started between 5:00 and 5.30pm on Saturday destroyed property … Read more
Groupe Nduom, is counting its losses after the offices four of its subsidiary companies, GN Bank, Gold Coast Securities, Amansan TV and Business Television Africa were ravaged by fire on Saturday evening. The Head of corporate affairs of Groupe Nduom, Richard Keelson in an interaction with the press a day after the incident said the … Read more
The Minister of Interior Ambrose Dery has called for a thorough investigation into circumstances surrounding Saturday evening’s fire outbreak at the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra. According to him, the enquiry will help unravel the truth about the incident that flattened about three business offices on the premises. Speaking to pressmen after arriving at the fire … Read more
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has been “shocked” by the fire that destroyed parts of his Coconut Grove Hotel on Saturday evening, PPP Chairman, Nii Allotey Brew-Hammond has said. Speaking to Citi News after inspecting the extent of damage from the fire incident on Saturday night, Mr. Brew Hammond said they believe that the extent of … Read more
Owners of Coconut Grove Regency Hotel have explained that the inferno that engulfed the facility was sparked by fire from an air-conditioning facility at the Amansan Television (ATV) which shares compound with the hotel. The hotel owned by businessman and the 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom was gutted by … Read more
play videoThe fire, according to staff of the two television stations, started from the BTA Fire has destroyed several properties forming part of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom’s business conglomerate. The raging fire burnt down a branch of GN Bank, two television stations ( ATV and BTA) and parts of Coconut Grove Hotel, all located at … Read more
Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service have been able to put under control the fire that engulfed the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. The hotel owned by businessman and the 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Papa Kwesi Nduom was gutted by fire on Saturday. Reports indicate that the fire spread from … Read more
The GN Bank owned by businessman cum politician Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has been caught up in fire as helpless fire personnel struggle to fight it. TV3’s Selorm Amenyah who is at the scene gathered that the fire started from the Business Television Africa (BTA) before spreading to the bank and part of the Three Star … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has donated GH¢50,000 Cash and 150 bags of cement to the overlord of the Mamprugu Kingdom Nayiri, Naa Bohugu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga whose palace was gutted by fire early this month. Former Minister of Agriculture Alhaji Mohammed Muniru-Limuna, Former Northern Regional Minister Abdallah Abubakari and some National Democratic Congress (NDC) … Read more