The districts are Winneba, Kasoa, Apam, Dawurampong, Agona-Swedru and Gomoa Dago.
Mr. Justin Goka, Fire Safety Officer at the Winneba Fire Station, who made this known in a telephone interview with the GNA on Sunday, said the station received calls at about 1830hrs on Saturday that there was a fire outbreak at the sub-station.
He said, it took personnel from five stations in
Winneba, Apam and Agona Swedru about two hours to bring the fire under control but could however, not mention the cause of the fire and the extent of damage to the sub-station.
He said one big transformer was completely burnt down.
According to him, two fire service personnel, who collapsed and were rushed to the Winneba Government Hospital were responding to treatment.
Meanwhile, the situation had affected water supply in the Winneba Township as the Water Company claimed there was no electricity to pump water to the public.
UPDATE
Residents in the Central Region who are still without electricity have been assured that power will be restored by Thursday, according to the Central Regional Minister, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah.
Residents of Agona Swedru, Apam, Swedru and other surrounding towns in the region have been without electricity for the past two days following the fire outbreak which ravaged the GRIDco substation at Winneba junction.
Citi News has learnt that engineers of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) have managed to restore power to Kasoa.
Speaking to Citi News after touring the scene of the accident, Mr. Quansah said the damage caused at the substation by last Saturday’s fire is “serious.”
He explained that power was restored to Kasoa because the GRIDCo engineers connected the area to the Mallam substation.
The engineers have assured residents that by close of Monday, power will be restored to Winneba while Agona Swedru and Apam will get electricity by Thursday.
The Minister was however unable to say the cause of the fire saying, “it’s early days yet and all we need now is to make sure we restore power then investigations will go on.”
Meanwhile, the Ghana National Fire Service has begun preliminary investigations into the cause of the fire.
Two Fire Service officers with the Ghana national fire service station in Winneba who were knocked unconscious in their attempt to douse the fire last Saturday are said to be responding to treatment at the Winneba Municipal hospital.
In a related development, the Effutu Municipal District Security Council is expected to convene a meeting by on Monday to draw a security plan for the areas without electricity.
Source: GNA I Citifmonline -
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