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Some of the fire service personnel who were there to avoid any disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers\nof Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company (GHUMCO) in\nTakoradi\u00a0had to run for their lives early on Tuesday over what was sa"},"modified":"2019-07-12T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T18:02:12","slug":"massive-gas-leakage-at-ghumco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/12\/massive-gas-leakage-at-ghumco\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Gas Leakage At GHUMCO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some of the fire service personnel who were there to avoid any disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workers
\nof Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company (GHUMCO) in
\nTakoradi\u00a0had to run for their lives early on Tuesday over what was said to
\nbe a massive gas leakage on the premises of the company.<\/p>\n

According
\nto the workers, a gas tanker was discharging Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) on
\nthe company\u2019s premises at about 6:40am and in the process, the hose reportedly developed
\na fault.<\/p>\n

They
\nthen heard a big boom which forced\u00a0the entire staff on duty to vacate the
\npremises to avoid any catastrophe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It
\nwould be recalled that about two years ago an unfortunate gas explosion
\noccurred at the same utensils manufacturing company which resulted in hundreds
\nof the workers and residents around sustaining serious injuries.<\/p>\n

Personnel
\nfrom the Ghana National Fire Service responded quickly to distress calls to
\nbring the situation under control.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The
\nroad from Paa Grant Roundabout to Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital was blocked
\nresulting in heavy traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Residents
\nand commuters said they could smell the leaked gas which prompted attendants at
\nsome nearby filling stations and shops to vacate their posts as fire officers
\nmonitored the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe
\nwere discharging gas this morning but the driver realized the pressure was low
\nso he decided to do something about it. He went in to the vehicle and altered
\nsomething then the pressure increased. Few minutes later we noticed the hose
\nwas quaking and went out of control,\u201d a GHUMCO staff said.<\/p>\n

The
\nSekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Fire Officer, James Ankrah, assured the public that
\nthe situation was under control and there was no need to panic.<\/p>\n

He
\ncharged the company to build the capacity of staff in the handling of gas,
\nsaying \u201cit is a requirement that drivers and their mates who do the discharge
\nare trained to follow discharge protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Chief Executive, Anthony K.K. Sam, called for a thorough assessment of the incident to avert future occurrences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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