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Fire officers helpless as Circle Goil inferno spreads

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  • Ghanaman 8 years ago

    How many people have the security agencies helped so far?

  • DR TRUTH 8 years ago

    WHILE THE NATION IS WAILING IN STORM, FIRE N DARKNESS PRESIDENT MAHAMA IS ASLEEP N SNORING. HE WILL WAKE UP TOMMOROW N GO THERE WITH HELICOPTERS/ AMPHIBEAN VEHICLES AND PRETEND HE IS WITH THEM

  • Kosi Ametefe Dogbe 8 years ago

    In this day and age, Ghana doesnt have an emergency phone system like 911 in North America or 999 in UK

    When will we get there?
    If you are home and are attacked by armed robbers you have to dial 10 digits instead of 3 dig ...
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  • J.Davis 8 years ago

    GHANAIAN AUTHORITY SHOULD REDUCE THE TEN DIGIT EMERGENCY LINES TO THREE OR FOUR DIGITS TO MAKE IT MUCH EASIER AND FASTER FOR PEOPLE TO USE IN CASE OF ATTACK WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE AT RISK.

  • BRO DAN -TRC 8 years ago

    BLESSED ONES OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, NOBLE PEOPLE OF GHANA; FOR THE SAKE OF GHANA, MAY I BRING SOME "UNDERSTANDING" TO MY PRECIOUS ONE "XYZ" REGARDING HIS COMMENT.
    HUMANITY; ON (JUNE ...
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  • osibisa 8 years ago

    Growing up at Tema, our home phone (land line) was under lock; yet I knew that reaching out to emergency was: 999.
    Are emergency lines out of service, and calls being directed to somewhere else?

  • nana Ama 8 years ago

    sorry for the loss one.

  • osibisa 8 years ago

    I trust our men and women in uniform; you can do it!
    God bless you all!

  • KK 8 years ago

    Where is the Mayor and NADIMO and the relevantMinister for Local Government.The Country and city does not have an Emergency Preparedness plan. Just appointees siphoning tax payers money. Nothing works in Ghana my poor belove ...
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  • Ama 8 years ago

    Just reminds me the US ayor during 9/11.Ghana just cheap talk nothing works

  • ebo 8 years ago

    SEVEN YEARS of better Ghana. What shame. If only gas can learn.

  • Keira 8 years ago

    A very hopeless country when firefighters, trained to battle fires stood helplessly and unable to move closer to prevent the fire from spreading. Is it because they don't have the needed equipments or water? Smh

  • The Mentor 8 years ago

    Water doesn't work with petrol fire. You need special chemicals.

  • old soldier 8 years ago

    oh no

  • kwam 8 years ago

    you want the fire officers to go into the fire without precautions?

  • Tillz 8 years ago

    What a shame Ghana!!!!!!!!.....why did these people have to die....why!!! I saw a picture of a dead mother and child my sister sent me this morning from Ghana. They were probably in their house asleep. Why Mahama...why incom ...
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  • Sammy 8 years ago

    We pray they will pick when there's a distress call, I don't even believe in them so I won't waste my time to dial this long digits for help. Fake ppl in government

  • penbook 8 years ago

    What do we train firefighters for? Helpless and effortless fire tenders. Who deployed these incompetents and hopeless people at the fire site? If such people cannot even approach the inferno to even put up their best to see ...
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  • The Mentor 8 years ago

    Listen please. It is not the firefighters fault. Water will NOT put out a Petrol fire. They need a chemical that is applied as FOAM that smothers the fire. Even if they had it, it would require a huge amount for this fire. As ...
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  • OABOOOOONNNDDDD. 8 years ago

    After nearly 60 yrs of independence, no equipment or funds to handle this.
    Why then do the citizenry pay taxes.?

  • serah bamere 8 years ago

    Can't believe it oh my God

  • Sheiwahni 8 years ago

    Please,this should tell you that our fire dept workers are not well educated to attack fire,they should have know what kind of fire they are dealing with.If you know, then they should have know BETTER THAN YOU.Where is their ...
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