{"id":313236,"date":"2017-04-23T12:49:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313236"},"modified":"2017-04-23T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:49:30","slug":"interior-minister-orders-investigations-into-coconut-grove-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/interior-minister-orders-investigations-into-coconut-grove-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Minister orders investigations into Coconut Grove fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Interior Ambrose Dery has called for a thorough investigation into circumstances surrounding Saturday evening\u2019s fire outbreak at the\u00a0Coconut Grove<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n

According to him, the enquiry will help unravel the truth about the incident that flattened about three business offices on the premises.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”6bwQHWxWozkeNdJhjZFlJxVNAe2tWOsp”]Speaking to pressmen after arriving at the fire scene on Saturday to assess at first-hand happenings there, Ambrose Derry said the president, Nana Akufo-Addo had been made aware of the situation and he is very much interested in the report.<\/p>\n

Many onlookers gathered around the hotel accused personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service of responding late to distress calls about the fire<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and also arrived with tenders without water.<\/p>\n

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But the Interior Minister said a full-scale investigation must be conducted to ensure a full understanding of all that happened before and during the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Monday\u2019s I expect a full investigation and a report on this matter. What I heard is that fire service came and ran short of water, portraying a hopeless situation. I\u2019ll want an explanation to that. They\u2019ve given me a preliminary explanation\u2026 There will certainly be an investigation. I\u2019ll want to hear all the complaints and hear their reaction to that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn Monday\u2019 I\u2019ll be asking for a report\u2026 It is a disturbing trend that these fires come and we want to be sure that we are doing our best in terms of respect to the reaction of the Fire Service. I am quite clear that maybe we can do things better than we are doing now. I\u2019ll like to find out what actually transpired and see what actually went wrong and what we can do to make things better,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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A part of the hotel that houses Business Television Africa (BTA), Amansan TV (ATV), GN Bank and Gold Coast Securities was ravaged by\u00a0fire\u00a0around 4.30pm.\"grove-fire-42\"<\/p>\n

It took the combined efforts of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Fire Department of the Ghana Air Force more than three hours to\u00a0contain the fire.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, managers of the hotel have revealed that the inferno was sparked by fire from an air-conditioning<\/strong><\/a><\/span> facility at\u00a0Amansan\u00a0Television (ATV) which shares a compound with the hotel.<\/p>\n

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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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