{"id":313145,"date":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313145"},"modified":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T20:30:54","slug":"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-brought-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-brought-under-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Coconut Grove hotel brought under control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service have been able to put under control the fire that engulfed the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel owned by businessman and the 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People\u2019s Party, Papa Kwesi Nduom was gutted by fire on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the fire spread from TV station, ATV which is also close to the hotel.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxczxsA-9xA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Deputy Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service, Prince Billy Anaglatey told the media that no casualties were recorded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313155 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-4.jpg\" alt=\"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-2.jpg\" alt=\"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-1.jpg\" alt=\"fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He said 12 fire tenders were deployed to the place to contain the fire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-4.jpg\" alt=\"coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rooms intact <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Jonas Nyabor reported that the hotel rooms were not affected adding that only the adjoining structures were razed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interior Minister arrives at hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery who was also at the place told the media that the President has been briefed on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313137 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-2.jpg\" alt=\"coconut-groove-regency-hotel-on-fire-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dery said he expects a full scale investigation and a report to provide guidance on how to effectively tackle such fires in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service have been able to put under control the fire that engulfed the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. 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