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08.02.2016 Social News

Fire destroys 10-bedroom house at Fiapre

08.02.2016 LISTEN
By GNA

Sunyani, Feb. 7, GNA - A 10-bedroom house at Berlin top, a suburb of Fiapre in the Sunyani West District was last Monday evening burnt totally.

Assistant Divisional Officer I( ADO) Ignatius Noekor, Brong-Ahafo Regional Operational Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) who briefed the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Thursday in Sunyani, stated that the Service had a call around 1700 hours about the incident and rushed to the scene.

ADO Noekor said the Service had to call for another fire Tender due to the intensity of the fire before it could be brought under control.

He said the personnel realised at the scene that the fire extended from a nearby electricity cable that had ignited because of a bush fire closed to the house.

ADO Noekor advised the general public to cultivate the habit of weeding around their houses especially in the dry seasons to save their properties.

He expressed worry about the high number of fire incidents even when the first quarter of the year had not ended, adding that in January alone the Region has recorded 142 fire cases, 77 of which were bush fires and 26 domestic.

ADO Noekor said on February 1 alone, the Service attended to 13 fire outbreaks in the Region, which was very threatening to the country's economy because the situation could result in poverty and hunger.

GNA

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