Ghana: Millions Lost As Fire Guts NEDCo Warehouse In Tamale

A raging fire swept through the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) central warehouse in Choggu, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region, destroying electrical equipment worth millions of Ghana Cedis.

The fire, which occurred on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at approximately 2:30 pm, ravaged transformers, insulators, cables, and other equipment.

Officials of NEDCo have not disclosed the cause of the fire, but sources close to this portal indicate that a fire gutted a transformer supplying power to the warehouse,and subsequently spread to the warehouse.

Firefighters from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded swiftly, deploying two fire tenders to combat the blaze.

However, the intensity of the fire required additional support, prompting the GNFS to request water supply from a local company.

“We immediately brought two fire tenders, but because of the intensity of the fire. The two fire tenders weren’t enough to actually contain the fire, so because of that we had to communicate with a water company for them to supply us water,” said ADO II Baba Hudu, Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of the GNFS.

It took personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) about two hours to bring the fire under control.

Despite the damage, Maxwell Kotoka, Corporate Communications Director of NEDCo, assured the public that power distribution in the area would not be disrupted.

The affected warehouse serves as a central storage facility for the company’s equipment and materials.

“Supply to the warehouse has been affected, and so the warehouse itself doesn’t have power. But we are working around to see what we can do, we believe that it has not affected any outside institution for now,” Kotoka stated.

Efforts are underway to assess the full extent of the damage and carry out necessary repairs.

NEDCo has ensured that power supply remains uninterrupted.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com