Accra: Fire has ravaged the central warehouse of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) in Tamale, destroying several properties worth millions of Ghana cedis.
According to Ghana News Agency, the fire, which broke out around 2pm on Sunday, March 02, 2025, destroyed several essential electrical materials including cables and transformers. Mr Maxwell Kotoka, Corporate Communications Manager at NEDCo, informed the press in Tamale that a substantial number of transformers and electrical installations were consumed by the fire. He added that the exact financial loss was yet to be unraveled.
Mr Kotoka assured the public that no community would experience power outages because of the incident, stating that the affected area was only the warehouse and would not affect power distribution in the area.
The Assistant Divisional Officer, who is also the Public Relations Officer at the Northern Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service, Mr Hudu Baba, confirmed the incident. He noted that the Command received a distress call at around 2pm, and firefighters arrived in large numbers to combat the fire.
Mr Baba mentioned that the only challenge faced during the operation was a water shortage. However, they quickly contacted the Ghana Water Company, which supplied water to continue fighting the fire. He further stated that the cause of the fire was yet to be determined and that their team has launched an investigation to assess whether negligence or an electrical fault played a role in the incident.
