{"id":6229,"date":"2014-03-14T12:51:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T12:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=6229"},"modified":"2014-03-14T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:02:54","slug":"fire-guts-portions-of-takoradi-harbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=6229","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts portions of Takoradi harbour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6244 alignright\" alt=\"tardi 1\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fire has gutted some portions of the Takoradi Harbour.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Director of the harbour, Capt. James Owusu-Koranteng, the fire was noticed by the Port security patrol team at around 4:25am Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The fire is believed to have been caused by some heat from chemicals in containers at shed 4 of the port.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> Capt. Owusu Koranteng said the timely intervention by the Ghana National fire Service helped to control the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fire was reported at 4:25am, but as of 4:27, the Port Fire Service had arrived, by 4:30am the door to the affected area was broken and the National Fire Service arrived on time to quench the fire,\u2019\u2019 he indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Capt. James Owusu Koranteng however, said investigations will soon be carried to ascertain the cause of the fire. He opined that, the fire might have been caused by heat generated by a chemical in shed 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6245\" alt=\"tardi 2\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tardi-2.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Takoradi Port is currently going through expansion works to facilitate commercial activities in the West African sub region and to aid oil and gas activities in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo\/<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/Ghana\" target=\"_blank\">citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire has gutted some portions of the Takoradi Harbour. According to the Director of the harbour, Capt. James Owusu-Koranteng, the fire was noticed by the Port security patrol team at around 4:25am Friday morning. The fire is believed to have been caused by some heat from chemicals in containers at shed 4 of the port. 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