{"id":131662,"date":"2015-07-05T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131662"},"modified":"2015-07-05T16:32:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:32:28","slug":"fire-guts-transformer-at-achimota-sub-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/fire-guts-transformer-at-achimota-sub-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts transformer at Achimota sub-station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the transformers at the Achimota sub-station has been destroyed by fire.<br id=\"0.3960034006740898\" \/><br id=\"0.0407792457845062\" \/>Residents of Dzorwulu say they heard a loud explosion around 7 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;xREVqDdVpeV0aOhjpb4umpRMyCsyITNa&#8221;]According to them, the few members of staff on site tried to fight the fire but could not because of the intensity of the blaze.<br id=\"0.5089648144785315\" \/><br id=\"0.5409875093027949\" \/>The emergency crew of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) arrived with three fire engines to bring the fire under control.<br id=\"0.10151016642339528\" \/><br id=\"0.22024962306022644\" \/>Though the cause of the fire is unknown, the damage on the 160,000o volts power transformer has cut power supply to the eastern part of Accra.<br id=\"0.051798215601593256\" \/><br id=\"0.8041962829884142\" \/>Areas affected include Dzorwulu, Roman Ridge, Newtown, Kanda and Adenta.<br id=\"0.45104371872730553\" \/><br id=\"0.374105665134266\" \/>The Chief Executive Officer of GRIDCO, William Amunah, has assured the affected areas that power will be restored within the shortest possible time.<br id=\"0.14224980142898858\" \/><br id=\"0.7339743871707469\" \/>Some eyewitnesses were shocked at the state of fire-fighting equipment at the premises and urged authorities to resource the place with industrial fire-fighting machines.<br id=\"0.3922478621825576\" \/><br id=\"0.3329702694900334\" \/>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: GBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the transformers at the Achimota sub-station has been destroyed by fire.Residents of Dzorwulu say they heard a loud explosion around 7 on Saturday. 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