Mr Kwaku Manu Afful, the Deputy Chief Fire Officer at the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has admonished the public to desist from seeking shelter from fuel stations during downpour.
This, he said, was dangerous as fire outbreak could occur at anytime and people seeking refuge there could sustain injuries.
The Deputy Chief Fire Officer, who is also the National Director of Operations of the GNFS advised fuel station managers to desist from using their yards as packing lots for vehicles and stations for passengers to board commercial vehicles from.
Citing the June 3, 2015 disaster that occurred at Circle in the Greater Accra Region as reference point, he indicated that when there was fire outbreak at those filling stations used as packing lots or lorry stations, lives and property would be destroyed and there would not be enough space for the fire fighters to move around.
Mr Afful gave the warning when he, together with staff of the Upper East Regional National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) toured some flood prone areas in the region to ascertain the preparedness of the two organisations to deal with floods should they occur.
He indicated that available information from the experts indicated heavy downpours this year and said flooding was eminent and added that there was the need for the two agencies in collaboration with other security agencies to be well prepared to prevent and or combat it should it occur.
He advised farmers to avoid farming along river banks to prevent any losses whenever the rivers overflow their banks.
Mr Afful urged people living in low lying areas to evacuate when there was eminent threat of flood, and added that it was better to lose property than lives.
Source: GNA
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