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Tema ECG panel explodes; two workers
sustain injuries
Tema, April 01, GNA – Two workers of Electricity Company of
Ghana (ECG) on late Saturday sustained serious burns on
their bodies while working on a faulty electrical cable
which caught fire at the main Tema Station “H” where Tema
receives its source of power supply from the Volta River
Authority (VRA).
The injured, Mr James Narh and Mr Anthony Adofo were rushed
to the Korle Bu hospital while two others were treated and
discharged at the Narh Bitah hospital in Tema.
The explosion destroyed part of the panel and the 33
kilovolts circuit breaker beyond repairs, including some
louver blades.
The accident resulted in almost a whole day of power outage
thus denying several consumers of power supply.
Fire personnel from the Tema office of the National Fire
Service, Tema Oil Refinery and the VRA were quick at hand to
put the fire under the control.
The cause of the explosion was immediately not known but top
officials of the Tema ECG say it is being investigated.
In a realated development, luck run out of a young man
believed to be in his forties who in an attempt to excavate
some of the cables was electrocuted about 500 meters away
from the station where the incident took place.
Some people around told the GNA that the man had succeeded
in cutting three of the underground cables and in attempt to
cut the fourth one the power was energized resulting in his
electrocution.
Police men and other officials from the ECG and the VRA were
present to control the situation.
GNA
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