Ghana Fire Service suspects electrical fault

Europa 00:03 - 19 July 2017

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Smoke was seen billowing from the 10th floor of the building which mainly serves as offices for parliamentarians on Tuesday around 6 pm.

An electric fault is suspected to have started a fire in the 10th floor of the office complex for members of Parliament, otherwise known as Job 600.

Fire tenders were immediately dispatched to help quench the fire.

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Some staff at the legislative house looked on as Fire officers at the Parliament House worked to bring the situation under control.

The Deputy Public Relations Director of the Fire Service, Prince Billy Anaglate said his outfit is still investigating the cause of the fire.

“Fires no matter the measures you put in place can easily occur. Though some are man-made – you know our human attitudes towards some of these safety measures can cause it.

“But I believe this edifice that we are seeing here has all that it takes to prevent the fires. But anytime that you have a faulty electrical system can cause fire so since we are investigating to know what caused it, I might not say perfectly that it is this and that has caused it though. But we are really suspecting there could be electrical fault somewhere,” he explained.