Ghana Foreign Ministry Razed Down

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A major calamity hit the country yesterday when the 10-storey Ministry
of Foreign Affairs building near the Tema Station in Accra was
completely consumed by an inferno.

Eyewitnesses said the fire started from one of the offices at a time
when most workers had closed for the day. While the fire raged on,
hundreds of people looked on helplessly as vital documents and office
equipment, including fridges, furniture and air conditioners, went up in
the flames that blazed through the entire 10-floor building.

Fire fighters who later made their way to the disaster scene could do
little about it and one of them told the Daily Graphic that the nature
of the conflagration at the time of their arrival was such that it
required a helicopter to reach that high.

In the end, almost everything in all the offices, from the ground to the
10th floor, was consumed in the blazing fire, as nothing could be
salvaged throughout the many hours that it lasted.

The damage in terms of money, equipment, intelligence and valuable
documents is yet to be assessed but it could be staggering.

The cause of the fire could immediately not be ascertained but a fire
officer said investigations would soon be conducted to unearth the
cause.