The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has eased tensions in Akosombo after successfully containing a bushfire near the Akosombo Dam on Saturday, January 18, 2025, around 1:00 am. Thanks to the quick intervention of firefighters from Kpong and Akosombo fire stations, the dam and surrounding buildings were left undamaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The GNFS has also addressed a circulating video on social media, which falsely claimed that the bushfire was destroying properties and threatening the Akosombo Dam. The GNFS assured the public that the dam, properties, and lives were safe due to their efforts and the cooperation of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The GNFS expressed gratitude to the public for their support, stating, “We say a very big thank you to all of you for the effort you put in to ensure that properties and lives were saved.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Akosombo Dam Bushfire Concerns<\/p>\n
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has eased tensions in Akosombo after successfully containing a bushfire near the Akosombo Dam on Saturday, January 18, 2025, around 1:00 am. Thanks to the quick intervention of firefighters from Kpong and Akosombo fire stations, the dam and surrounding buildings were left undamaged.<\/p>\n
The GNFS has also addressed a circulating video on social media, which falsely claimed that the bushfire was destroying properties and threatening the Akosombo Dam. The GNFS assured the public that the dam, properties, and lives were safe due to their efforts and the cooperation of the public.<\/p>\n
The GNFS expressed gratitude to the public for their support, stating, “We say a very big thank you to all of you for the effort you put in to ensure that properties and lives were saved.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4748,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions\/4748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}