{"id":167307,"date":"2015-11-16T14:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=167307"},"modified":"2015-11-16T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T14:30:22","slug":"fire-guts-ghana-highways-authority-offices-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/fire-guts-ghana-highways-authority-offices-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts Ghana Highways Authority offices [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vital stationery at some offices of the Ghana Highways Authority, were burnt in the early hours of Monday morning following a fire outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Acting Public Relations of the Ghana National Fire Service, DO2 Timothy Osarfo Afun, it took fire fighters three minutes to arrive at the scene, a claim that was contested by an eyewitness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167322\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ACTING-FIRE-SERVICE-PRO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-167322 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ACTING-FIRE-SERVICE-PRO.jpg\" alt=\"Acting PRO of the GNFS, DO2 Timothy Osarfo Afun.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ACTING-FIRE-SERVICE-PRO.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ACTING-FIRE-SERVICE-PRO-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acting PRO of the GNFS, DO2 Timothy Osarfo Afun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cause of the fire that ravaged three offices of the Highways Authority is yet to be established as investigations are now ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-TENDER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167319 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-TENDER.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE TENDER\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-TENDER.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-TENDER-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167318 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-8.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-8.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be looking out for possible causes of the fire, whether there was light at the time of the fire or if there was an electrical fault or any other ignitable materials in the building at the time\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the fire, staff of the Authority stood outside as the entire building was cordoned off by the Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167316 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-7.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 7\" width=\"650\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-7.jpg 650w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-7-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167315 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-6.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167314 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-5.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 5\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to an eyewitness at scene of the fire, the fire service\u2019s emergency numbers were called and for several minutes he could not get through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called the fire service line and for close to 10 minutes, they were just playing music, so one of the cleaners who had a bicycle had to ride to Makola to get them to come attend to the fire. And when they came, they did not come with a fire tender that had a ladder so they just wasted the water and had to wait for several more minutes for a fire tender with a ladder to come in\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on why their emergency number was not going through, DO2 Timothy Osarfo Afun said the number was busy.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned the public to stop calling the emergency lines recklessly as this could prevent genuine distress callers from reaching them.<\/p>\n<p>No casualties were reported from the incident as most of the workers were yet to report to the office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167312 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-3.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167309 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-1.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167311 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-2.jpg\" alt=\"FIRE 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FIRE-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Workers of the affected building are to be temporarily housed in other offices of the building while investigations are concluded and the office refurbished.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Kwame Botchway\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vital stationery at some offices of the Ghana Highways Authority, were burnt in the early hours of Monday morning following a fire outbreak. 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