{"id":322375,"date":"2017-05-25T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=322375"},"modified":"2017-05-25T10:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T10:27:06","slug":"fire-ravages-shops-at-nkrumah-circle-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/fire-ravages-shops-at-nkrumah-circle-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire ravages shops at Nkrumah Circle [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 15 shops have been razed by fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.<\/p>\n<p>Properties, running into thousands of cedis have also been consumed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322384\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nkrumah-Circle-fire-8.jpeg\" alt=\"nkrumah-circle-fire-8\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322383\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nkrumah-Circle-fire-7.jpeg\" alt=\"nkrumah-circle-fire-7\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 9.30am this morning [Thursday] after an electric transformer exploded in the slum area close to the former Obra spot.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-322381\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nkrumah-Circle-fire-5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"nkrumah-circle-fire-5\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322378\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nkrumah-Circle-fire-2.jpeg\" alt=\"nkrumah-circle-fire-2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Officers from the Ghana National Fire Service are currently at the scene battling the inferno.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322376\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nkrumah-Circle-fire-9.jpeg\" alt=\"nkrumah-circle-fire-9\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A resident in the area who only gave his name as Alidu told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the explosion occured after a welder was seen carrying out some works close to the transformer.<\/p>\n<p>No casualty has been reported yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 15 shops have been razed by fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. 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