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General News on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-01-16
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Heavy explosions were heard Wednesday at dawn at the Michel Camp Fire Station, the base of the first infantry battalion of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Witnesses said they heard a loud noise shortly after huge flames invaded the armory of the Tema military base in the Greater Accra area.
A junior officer who requested anonymity stated that the Base Ammunition Depot (ADB), as it is called, holds a large batch of explosives.
The fire would have started shortly after midnight, followed by heavy explosions.
"I was standing near the window to see everything.My husband rushed to check because at first we thought it was a house on fire at our neighbor's house, so he came back to confirm that it was good for the deposit of weapons … ".
No deaths have been reported.
The military leaders of the Ghana Armed Forces said they did not know exactly what triggered the fire.
The firefighters fought the fire for at least two hours before controlling the situation.
Encroachment
Panic swept nearby residential areas when explosions began.
Patience, an eyewitness told Myjoyonline.com that when the explosions began, she thought that it was an earthquake.
"At one point, I had the impression that there was an earthquake. I was terrified. I'm always. My baby woke up as scared. I was just waiting inside my husband to wait for anything to be done, "Patience told Myjoyonline.com.
The barracks, originally located away from the civilian population, is currently adjacent to a densely populated area of the Tema municipality.
Reports indicate that many encroachments on grbadroots-owned land by developers and other institutions put members of the non-uniform society at risk when such disasters cause fires.
Merged
Moses Dawutey, an independent defense reporter, explains that some small arms and many explosives have been affected by the fire.
"Some of the explosives melted in the direction of Gulf City (a residential area near the barracks) and the vibrations alone were enough to cause cracks in the buildings, but that does not mean … they simply merged," she said. he declared.
While the fire was raging, soldiers were deployed from the barracks to make sure the fire did not spread to the explosive explosive compartment of the USSR. armory, "he told Myjoyonline.com.
He added that if the heavy explosives had exploded following the fire, a major disaster would have occurred.
Although the cause of the fire is unclear, some experts contacted by Myjoyonline.com claim that excessive heat in an armory can cause fires.
Armories should be equipped with heavy-duty air conditioners to keep their temperatures low at all times.
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Wednesday morning at 3 am, the firefighters have mastered the fire.
Moses Dawutey told Myjoyonline.com that very well-placed military sources tell him that the army "has deployed all necessary means to prevent the fire from spreading …[the sources said] the fire was detected in the laboratory and the small arms area of the depot. As such, efforts have been focused on stopping the spread in areas hosting the highly explosive area where long-range munitions are located. "
Meanwhile, panic-stricken residents have settled in nearby towns like Afienya, Community 25 and Gbetsile, all in the Greater Accra region.
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