{"id":349733,"date":"2017-08-31T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=349733"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:34:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:34:43","slug":"fire-fighters-douse-fire-in-manhyia-palace-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/fire-fighters-douse-fire-in-manhyia-palace-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire fighters douse fire in Manhyia Palace kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Fire Service responded swiftly to subdue a fire that erupted at the Manhyia Palace\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to an eyewitness, who spoke to Citi News<\/strong> on condition of anonymity, the fire resulted from a gas cylinder explosion in the kitchen area of the Manhyia Palace.<\/p>\n He narrated that, one of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu\u2019s cooks was present when the explosion occurred.<\/p>\n However, no casualty was recorded from the explosion or the resulting fire.<\/p>\n Two fire tenders from the Manhyia station, and another fire tender from the regional command, were called in to handle the fire.<\/p>\n Officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), were also called to disconnect electricity at the palace to stop the spread of the fire.<\/p>\n As at the time Citi News<\/strong> spoke to the eyewitness, he said: “The Fire Service, the ECG people too are there [at the scene of the fire]. They are doing their work well with some police officers also around. So they are checking to make sure there are no more issues.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ghana Fire Service responded swiftly to subdue a fire that erupted at the Manhyia Palace\u00a0on Thursday. According to an eyewitness, who spoke to Citi News on condition of anonymity, the fire resulted from a gas cylinder explosion in the kitchen area of the Manhyia Palace. He narrated that, one of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[412,3,10735],"yoast_head":"\n