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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) as part of efforts to fight COVID-19 in the country, has supplied some communities in the lockdown areas with water to aid their activities.

Some of the communities that benefited from the free supply of portable water include, Mataheko Flamingo, Mamprobi Akoshie Junction, Kotobaabi Down, Kasoa Millenium City, Nyanyano, Trebea (Adjinkotoku), Red Top behind West Hills Mall, Chorkor Santana and Kadjanua area in Tema.

Divisional Officer II Ellis Robinson Okoe, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the GNFS, in a statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said this activity was a humanitarian service as part of its mandate to vulnerable communities.

It said water was an essential commodity especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and thus assured that the Service would from time to time supply communities that were in need of it.

The Service took advantage of the activity and visited gas filling stations to offer safety advice to owners and customers especially on the dangers associated with the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in homes to prevent fire outbreak, it stated.

“Some of the gas filling stations we visited are; Trinity Oil, Nedrap Gas, Midas Oil and Gas (Christian Village), Sam Gas, Naabek Gas (Kissieman), and Ghedebaddoo Gas,” it added.

He advised people to observe the social distancing protocol as well as the other directives outlined by the government and health authorities to ensure their safety.