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Gas Filling Station Fire At Sunyani Destroys 10-bedroom Storey Building And 3 Vehicles
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Gas Filling Station Fire At Sunyani Destroys 10-bedroom Storey Building And 3 Vehicles

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • A fire at a gas filling station in the Sunyani East Municipality destroyed a storey building and some cars
  • The incident happened around 8pm on June 14, 2024, after a taxi cab caught fire while getting gas
  • The Ghana National Fire Service said the gas tanker was discharging its contents while the station attendant was dispensing gas

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A residential building with 10 bedrooms and three vehicles was destroyed by fire after a gas filling station caught fire at Asufufu near Sunyani in the Bono Region.

The incident happened around 8pm on June 14, 2024, after a taxi cab caught fire while an attendant at the gas station filled the fuel tank.

Gas Filling Station Fire At Sunyani Destroys 10-bedroom Storey Building
A taxi cab caught fire while getting gas.
Source: UGC

The fire spread and engulfed the gas tanker and the other vehicles at the fuel station. It also spread to the nearby storey building, from which nine persons escaped unhurt.

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It took the Ghana National Fire Service about three hours to bring the fire under control. The service told the media that the gas tanker was discharging its contents while the station attendant was dispensing gas, in a breach of protocol. The Ghana National Fire Service is yet to ascertain if this was the cause of the fire.

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In a recent major fire incident, parts of ECOMOG at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra were razed by a fire. The June 5, 2024, evening inferno affected over a hundred wooden structures near the railway line.

Videos online showed people in the area running off after minor explosions were heard around the time the fire started.

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The Ghana National Fire Service’s Public Relations Officer, ADO 1 Alex King Nartey, justified this action in a YEN.com.gh interview.

He noted that the service already battled with inadequate resources and could not afford to risk its equipment in seemingly violent areas.

Nartey further urged people to appreciate the risks the Ghana National Fire Service personnel take to fight fires.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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