General News of Friday, 24 May 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comCentral Furniture Works fire: 95% of items in shop evacuated – Fire Service PROplay videoActing Head of Public Relations of the Ghana Fire Service Ellis Robinson OkoePersonnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded to a distress call Friday dawn to put out a fire at the warehouse of Central Furniture Works at Sakaman in Accra. The fire service personnel had to resort to the use of smoke extractors so they could get full access to the basement to fight the fire. With the help of people around, the majority of the items in the shop were taken out before the fire got out of hand. In an interview, Mr. Okoe stated that “so far we have been able to salvage about 95 percent of the cargo inside. A mixed cargo made up of words, glues and materials used in the manufacturing of furniture”.

Source: GhanaWeb May 24, 2019 13:00 UTC