C’ttee to probe June 3 fire disaster inaugurated
A five-member committee has been inaugurated to investigate the June 3, 2015, fire disaster that claimed the lives of 76 people, at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Goil Filling Station in Accra.
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Chaired by a Retired Appeals Court Judge, Mr Justice Isaac Douse, the committee has been tasked to also assess the cost of damage by the fire and submit recommendations on how to prevent future ocurrences.
The committee is expected to submit its report to the Minister of the Interior, Mr Mark Woyongo, on June 30, this year.
Speaking at the inauguration of the committee yesterday, Mr Woyongo, who inaugurated it, called on members of the public who might have useful information about the incident to forward it to the committee to help it come out with meaningful recommendations.
He said the event had caused the nation, families, victims and their relatives great losses.
Mr Woyongo said there was no need to apportion blame but rather “we must all work together and put the necessary structures in place to avert future recurrences”.
He urged the committee members to envision the task as a national duty. “See the work as service to the nation which would surely come with its own rewards,” he urged the committee members.
Membership
Members of the committee were selected from the Ministry of Defence, the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana National Fire Service.
A hydrologist Consultant, Mr Wise Ametepe, has also been appointed to assist the committee as an advisor.
Mr Douse, speaking on behalf of the committee, said members would work together to investigate the events that led to the disaster.
Background
On Wednesday, June 3, floods in Accra that followed torrential rains and a fire outbreak that occurred at the Goil Filling Station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, resulted in the death of 152 people.
Houses and property running into billions of Ghana cedis were also destroyed.
President John Dramani Mahama announced a GH¢60 million package to assist the victims, while the nation mourned the dead for three days.
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The three-day national mourning was declared by the government.