{"id":79292,"date":"2015-01-05T05:32:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T05:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=79292"},"modified":"2015-01-04T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T21:13:14","slug":"investigations-underway-aflao-sub-station-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=79292","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into Aflao Sub-station fire  begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigations are underway to find the perpetrators of the fire which razed down the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) warehouse at the Aflao sub-station in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;I0F0GnpD8KwpSUXrRCtaSNcsEytHtQBL&#8221;]The Fire Service personnel and the Police are yet to identify the person(s) who set fire to the bush near the warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>Some equipment which were purchased to upgrade the sub-station was not speared in the fire outbreak on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official at the sub-station who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> on condition of anonymity, the installation of the equipment was to be carried out on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ECG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79285\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ECG.jpg\" alt=\"ECG\" width=\"766\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ECG.jpg 766w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ECG-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0the fire started in a bush behind the yard of the sub-station but the dry weather conditions made the fire rapidly spread into the yard of the sub-station.<\/p>\n<p>Power has been cut to neighbouring communities\u00a0although the main sub-station has been spared.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Melcom shopping mall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/03\/photos-melcom-service-centre-gutted-by-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>warehouse and service centre<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the North Industrial area in Accra was gutted by fire.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, a <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/02\/6-year-old-girl-confirmed-dead-osu-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>six year old<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/03\/nine-month-old-baby-dies-osu-fire-burns\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>nine month old baby<\/strong><\/span><\/a> were killed in another fire outbreak in Osu in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana National Fire Service has warned Ghanaians to <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/03\/fire-service-cautions-fires-harmattan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>exercise caution when using potentially inflammable\u00a0devices<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in their homes especially during the \u00a0harmattan season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigations are underway to find the perpetrators of the fire which razed down the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) warehouse at the Aflao sub-station in the Volta Region. 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