{"id":438240,"date":"2017-11-17T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/17\/fire-rips-through-cameroon-parliament\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:30:07","slug":"fire-rips-through-cameroon-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/17\/fire-rips-through-cameroon-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire rips through Cameroon parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-274967\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cameroon.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The main parliament building in Cameroon\u2019s capital Yaound\u00e9 has been badly damaged by fire which ripped through four floors.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters managed to put out the blaze before it could reach the parliamentary chamber.<\/p>\n<p>There has so far been no indication of any casualties and the cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s session, the national assembly had been discussing the budget.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures and video posted on social media show the upper floors in flames, hours after it first took hold.<\/p>\n<p>An AFP new agency photographer said the fire was fully extinguished by dawn today.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-1654918016\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Telesol-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1136575713042949\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\t\t(function () {<\/p>\n<p>    function appendFbScript() {\n        var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk',\n            fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];<\/p>\n<p>        if (document.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = document.createElement('script');\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=298184353996497&version=v2.0\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<\/p>\n<p>        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                appId: '298184353996497',\n                xfbml: true,\n                version: 'v2.0'\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.create', function (comment_data) {\n                console.log(comment_data);\n                update_comments_count();\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.remove', function (comment_data) {\n                update_comments_count();\n            });<\/p>\n<p>            function update_comments_count(comment_data, comment_action) {\n                jQuery.ajax({\n                        type: 'GET',\n                        dataType: 'json',\n                        url: 'http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php',\n                        data: {\n                            action: 'clear_better_facebook_comments',\n                            post_id: '274967'\n                        },\n                        success: function (data) {\n                            \/\/ todo sync comments count here! 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