{"id":138593,"date":"2015-07-28T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=138593"},"modified":"2015-07-28T15:59:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:59:30","slug":"wee-smokers-caused-fire-at-abossey-okai-nadmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/wee-smokers-caused-fire-at-abossey-okai-nadmo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wee smokers\u2019 caused fire at Abossey Okai \u00a0– NADMO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has said it suspects \u00a0Monday’s\u00a0\u00a0fire at the Abossey Okai Spare Parts market in Accra was caused by arson.<\/p>\n

The inferno, which started at about 8pm on Monday,\u00a0destroyed about five shops<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and items worth thousands of Ghana cedis.<\/p>\n

The Ablekuma Central Coordinator of NADMO, Farouk Mutachilu Mawunga told Citi News<\/strong> that their preliminary investigations suggests that some “wee smokers” in the area caused the fire.<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

Probable causes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe cause of the fire is not yet established but the rumours and speculations we are picking on the ground is that some wee smokers were behind the containers smoking and that could have been\u00a0 one of the causes of the fire outbreak.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOther people are also of the view that the land is under despite to the extent that it is in the court for arbitration. So they are insinuating that probably an assailant might have intentionally come to the scene to spark fire,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

Farouk Mutachilu Mawunga though conceded that investigations are not their core mandate, he said they will forward their recommendations to the security agencies for onward inquiries.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI think the security agencies would take up that challenge based on our recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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