Fire guts Presby Church warehouse at Sakumono-Estates

By Benjamin Xornam Glover, TEMA
Fire gutted a warehouse at the premises of Hope Congregation of the Presbyterain Church at Sakumono -Estates, Tema yesterday( Thursday) destroying items worth hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis.
The 40-foot container, which was converted into a warehouse, at the time of the accident contained newly brought chairs, mattresses and other essential items belonging to the church.


Initial efforts
Efforts by some church workers and some passerby to put out the fire using about 10 fire extinguishers and water were fruitless as strong winds hampered their efforts to combat the blaze.

The timely arrival of a firefighting crew from the Tema Community Two at the scene however helped to battle the blazing flames. It took them less than an hour more to bring it under control.

CAUSE OF FIRE
The blaze at the warehouse broke out at about 12 noon while a welder was creating a window in the packed container. In the process, a spark from his welding machine came into contact with the combustible materials in the container and the subsequent fire. No one sustained injury

Mr Joseph Addottey, Assistant Station Officer from the Community Two Fire Station who led the crew of fire personnel said an investigation has begun into the cause of the fire while damage was still being assessed.