{"id":313145,"date":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313145"},"modified":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","slug":"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-brought-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313145","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Coconut Grove hotel brought under control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel owned by businessman and the 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People\u2019s Party, Papa Kwesi Nduom was gutted by fire on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the fire spread from TV station, ATV which is also close to the hotel.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxczxsA-9xA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Deputy Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service, Prince Billy Anaglatey told the media that no casualties were recorded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313155 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-4.jpg\" alt=\"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-2.jpg\" alt=\"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-1.jpg\" alt=\"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He said 12 fire tenders were deployed to the place to contain the fire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-4.jpg\" alt=\"coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rooms intact <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Jonas Nyabor reported that the hotel rooms were not affected adding that only the adjoining structures were razed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interior Minister arrives at hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery who was also at the place told the media that the President has been briefed on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313137 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-2.jpg\" alt=\"coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dery said he expects a full scale investigation and a report to provide guidance on how to effectively tackle such fires in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Party, Papa Kwesi Nduom was gutted by fire on Saturday. 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