Fire Service controls Avenor fire icident [VIDEO]
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A significant fire incident in Avenor, Accra's North Industrial Area, caused extensive destruction on Thursday morning. The Ghana National Fire Service responded swiftly but faced challenges due to numerous wooden kiosks obstructing access, taking several hours and multiple fire engines to bring the blaze under control.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the challenges faced by emergency services in densely populated areas with informal structures, underscoring the need for urban planning and fire safety measures to protect lives and property.
A Thursday morning fire incident at Avenor in the North Industrial Area of Accra has caused an extensive destruction in the area.
The Ayawaso Central Municipal Fire Station Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), ADO1 Nana Tuffuor has Graphic Online that the Circle Fire Station received the distress call about the incident at 7:18am.
Within two minutes the first fire service responders mobilised and arrived at the scene at 7:20am with their appliances.
In the attempt to fight the fire, the personnel confronted a number of certain obstructions, especially as the area had a lot of wooden kiosks, which prevented the personnel from gaining immediate access to the base of the fire.
ADO1 Nana Tuffuor told Graphic Online that it took the personnel some time before gaining access to the base of the fire.
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