{"id":716472,"date":"2019-10-04T13:56:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/04\/12-tankers-destroyed-by-fire-at-kpone\/"},"modified":"2019-10-04T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:56:51","slug":"12-tankers-destroyed-by-fire-at-kpone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/04\/12-tankers-destroyed-by-fire-at-kpone\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Tankers Destroyed By Fire At Kpone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TWELVE<br \/>\nBULK oil storage haulage trucks belonging to Goodness Energy have been burnt following<br \/>\nan inferno which ravaged the company\u2019s yard at Kpone, near Tema.<\/p>\n<p>Ten<br \/>\nof the trucks were completely burnt on Wednesday night, with the remaining two partially<br \/>\ndestroyed by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>There was no casualty recorded<br \/>\nbut two other properties<br \/>\n\u2014 an excavator machine and a footy-feet<br \/>\ncontainer\u2014 were also not spared.<\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>\nis still unclear what sparked the inferno but eyewitnesses claimed that it<br \/>\nmight be due to illegal transportation of petroleum products from one storage<br \/>\ntank to another with the use of generator.<\/p>\n<p>When<br \/>\n<strong><em>DAILY<br \/>\nGUIDE<\/em><\/strong> visited the scene, the area was smeared with petroleum products,<br \/>\nwhile foam had formed as a result of the heavy fire.<\/p>\n<p>More<br \/>\nthan six fire tenders were brought to quench the fire which had generated thick<br \/>\nsmoke that was still bellowing.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming<br \/>\nthe incident to <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE,<\/em><\/strong> Divisional Officer II Timothy Affum, Deputy Tema<br \/>\nRegional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), said the distress<br \/>\ncall came in around 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe<br \/>\narrived at the area and noticed it was a tanker yard housing about 35 bulk<br \/>\nstorage tanks with some having petroleum products in them. We were able to stop<br \/>\nthe fire from spreading and mobilized drivers to move some of the tankers from<br \/>\nthe yard as we made effort to put off the fire completely,\u201d he recounted. <\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nDeputy Commander said they were yet to ascertain the actual cause of the fire,<br \/>\nas investigation had been initiated into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Later,<br \/>\nofficials of Goodness Energy refused to comment on the issue as they attacked<br \/>\nanyone who attempted to get closer to the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Vincent Kubi, Kpone<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWELVE BULK oil storage haulage trucks belonging to Goodness Energy have been burnt following an inferno which ravaged the company\u2019s yard at Kpone, near Tema. Ten of the trucks were completely burnt on Wednesday night, with the remaining two partially destroyed by the fire. 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