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Fire Service will clamp down on unlicensed fuel stations - GNFS
Acting Fire Service commander for Atebubu-Amantin, ADO1 Francis Tetteh said owners of fuel stations operating without permits will soon be arrested and prosecuted.
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All fuel stations will be asked to cease operations until it acquires the necessary certificate.
Acting Fire Service commander for Atebubu-Amantin, ADO1 Francis Tetteh speaking to Accra-based Class FM said, owners of fuel stations operating without permits will soon be arrested and prosecuted.
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He stressed the need for fuel filling stations to comply with safety measure to avert any fire disaster.
He directed all fuel stations to display fire safety certificates at their premises.
Meanwhile, at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region, a fire has gutted a tanker yard behind the Ashaiman Timber Market Sunday afternoon.
Seven people are feared dead and four cars are reportedly burnt.
READ ALSO: Fuel siphoning cause of fire outbreak - GNFS
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It is unclear what caused the fire but multiple eyewitness account say the fire spread from a filling station closer to the tanker.
The GNFS said preliminary investigation into Sunday's fire outbreak at a tanker yard in Ashaiman might have been caused by fuel siphoning.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the GNFS, Mr Prince Billy Anaglate told Pulse.com.gh that "Our preliminary investigation shows that it might be out of siphoning of fuel from one tanker to the other."
He said "Because they had about two pumps and holes that they were using for siphoning [the fuel] underground.
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"We believe strongly that out of the siphoning, that is how the fire might have started."
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