{"id":726061,"date":"2019-10-18T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/fire-service-shares-details-of-incident\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T08:58:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T08:58:10","slug":"fire-service-shares-details-of-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/fire-service-shares-details-of-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Service Shares Details Of Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_716182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-716182\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-716182\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/onitsha-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Onitsha fire incident\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-716182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Onitsha fire incident<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has given an account of what happened during the Onitsha fire that claimed lives and millions of properties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FFS,\u00a0 their firefighters were not allowed to get to the scene of the fire incident which occurred at Ochanja Market, Onitsha, Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>The market was engulfed with fire a after a tanker fell and spilt its content at the market, causing a huge fire that led to the loss of goods and properties.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by the spokesperson of the agency, Ugo Huan, reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe Federal Fire Service received a call about the fire outbreak around 2.00 p. m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe control room at the headquarters in Abuja immediately turned out its nearest station at Asaba, Delta State, to attend to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur men immediately headed to the scene but it was not possible to contend with the heavy traffic at the Niger head bridge, coupled with the behaviour of an angry mob who pelted stones at them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, it was not possible for the firefighters to get to the scene and fight the fire in such a hostile environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Fire Service is committed to ensuring the safety of lives and property, with the procurement of new state-of-the-art firefighting trucks distributed to the 12 zones of the service across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe service is always ready to respond to fire outbreaks and other emergencies across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is worthy to note that similar situations in recent past in Sokoto, Uyo, Minna, Ibadan, Osun and Lagos were prevented from escalating to a major disaster by the Federal Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case of Ochanja market was an unfortunate one, as one will wonder why individuals will want to attack firefighters that came to help put out the fire that was threatening lives and ravaging property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Huan added that \u201cthe service will like to use this opportunity to appeal to Nigerians that in as much as the fire service is prepared and committed to saving of lives and property in emergencies, their support and cooperation is highly needed to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onitsha fire incident The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has given an account of what happened during the Onitsha fire that claimed lives and millions of properties. According to the FFS,\u00a0 their firefighters were not allowed to get to the scene of the fire incident which occurred at Ochanja Market, Onitsha, Anambra State. 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