The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) speedily put out a fire at the Police Headquarters in Accra on Thursday, February 9.
Fire tenders and one (1) Water Tanker were dispatched Thursday morning to respond to a raging fire in one of the structures at the Police National Headquarters.
The first responding Crew from Fire Service National Headquarters arrived at the fire scene at 9:23 a.m. to tactically confine the fire to the room of origin.
The fierce fire was brought under control at 09:58 a.m. and finally extinguished at 10:37 a.m., with no casualties except for partial fire damage to the walls, glass windows, and some other contents of the affected space.
The Chief Fire Officer, was on the scene to ensure successful incident management, which resulted in the salvaging of other adjoining rooms to the only (1) room on the entire affected structure.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
According to police, there were no casualties and the cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
“We wish to thank the Fire Service team and our officers who assisted to ensure that the fire did not spread to the entire building,” the Ghana Police Service added in the statement.
