{"id":323199,"date":"2017-05-28T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T14:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323199"},"modified":"2017-05-28T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T14:24:20","slug":"ama-must-decongest-accra-to-reduce-fires-fire-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/ama-must-decongest-accra-to-reduce-fires-fire-service\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA must decongest Accra to reduce fires – Fire Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana National Fire Service has urged the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to intensify its decongestion efforts in the areas around Kwame Nkrumah Interchange.<\/p>\n
A decongested environment around the interchange would increase the effectiveness of firefighting efforts in the event of an emergency, the service has noted.<\/p>\n
The AMA’s decongestion efforts normally involve the eviction of hawkers and the removal or destruction of unauthorised structures within their domain.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Fire Service, Prince Billy Anaglatey, was speaking to Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0about the Thursday morning fire that razed about 15 shops around Kwame Nkrumah interchange.<\/p>\n The fire started after an electric transformer exploded in the slum area close to the former Obra spot. Eyewitnesses reported that\u00a0a welder was seen to be carrying out some work close to the transformer.<\/p>\n