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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The fire which started around 4:30pm is said to have begun on the second floor of the building.

When Citi News arrived at the scene, personnel from the fire service were still trying to put out the fire which was creeping towards the main warehouse.

The East Legon Divisional Police Commander, Supt. Cephas Arthur, told Citi News no causalities have been recorded and the situation is under control.

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Properties, running into thousands of cedis have also been consumed.

The incident happened at about 9.30am this morning [Thursday] after an electric transformer exploded in the slum area close to the former Obra spot.

Officers from the Ghana National Fire Service are currently at the scene battling the inferno.

A resident in the area who only gave his name as Alidu told Citi News that the explosion occured after a welder was seen carrying out some works close to the transformer.

No casualty has been reported yet.

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