The fire, which started at about 9:00pm on Thursday, was brought under control by the timely intervention of the staff of the station.

The PRO of the Ghana Service, Prince Billy Anaglatey speaking to Citi News, stated that there is the need to educate people on regular maintenance of their electrical source to prevent fire outbreaks.

[contextly_sidebar id=”ZW3Au2XOeEsbXaqv9q5r04v0VFoaoDde”]“We keep advising them on how to have regular maintenance on their electrical source, if you have an electrical system like they have, there are three main causes of electrical fire. One, it is about, the installation, the wiring system, the circuit and the switches you have in there, if they are old and overage the tendency that they will start fire is very high” he said

He also emphasized that, aside installation, wiring system and circuits, the use of substandard electrical wires and switches can also cause fire in any household or institution, therefore Ghanaians should be weary of using substandard wires.

“Apart from the installation, we have these substandard electrical wires and switch within your premises that could cause fire” he said.

He also points to another aspect, which has to do with how we use our electrical source in terms of our facilities and  appliances.

“There are people that overload these switches and sockets that can also easily cause fire within gas filling station that can result in disaster” he said.

Billy Anaglatey is thus urging all Gas stations to ensure that they carry out regular electrical maintenance on their facilities.

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By: Farida Yusif/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The Association’s President, Joseph Obeng, said that presence of fake cables was an indictment on the GSA’s regulatory standards at the ports, since the Authority shirked its responsibility of checking the influx of these fake cables.

[contextly_sidebar id=”XwmZiT4pdTkpKjpENm89MBk9p4DhH2cq”]The Director-General of the Authority, Alex Dodoo, had revealed to the media that, only two local electrical cable brands passed its critical safety requirement test at its cable laboratory out of the 22 sampled.

The GSA had also stated that, a nationwide surveillance conducted revealed that over 70 percent of all imported electrical cable brands on the market were substandard and could cause fires.

But Mr. Obeng said indications from the GSA were ill-intentioned “because they [the GSA] have so many other imported cables that have come to their institutions for testing and they have all passed.”

He further held that the report “seemed to portray that all imported cables are not passing the test so it was not in good taste.”

GSA as gatekeepers

Whilst noting that there were some dealers that cut corners, Mr. Obeng said the “onus lies on the Ghana Standards Authority to make sure that we put a stop to this influx of inferior cables.”

He stressed that, “when you bring goods, they [the GSA] have to do the testing before they give the clearance for the goods to leave the port, and so it is an indictment on themselves because, in any case, how were those goods able to go to the market?”

GSA to name and shame

Deputy Chief Executive of the GSA, Dr. Poku Adusei, indicated to Citi News that the Authority will in due course publish names of electrical cable brands that failed its critical safety requirement test for conductor resistance.

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By: Caleb Kudah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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