{"id":3680,"date":"2024-08-27T20:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2024-08-27T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:39:23","slug":"parliament-announces-zero-casualties-in-job-600-fire-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3680","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Announces Zero Casualties in Job 600 Fire Incident&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/j0ob-600-750x375-1-Copy-696x348-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/j0ob-600-750x375-1-Copy-696x348-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/j0ob-600-750x375-1-Copy-696x348-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parliament of Ghana has confirmed that no casualties were reported following the fire that broke out at the Job 600 building early Tuesday, August 27, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire, which affected parts of the building, caused damage to a storeroom, although the exact cause remains unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana National Fire Service quickly responded and extinguished the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff and workers were safely evacuated to designated assembly points as emergency services worked to control the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued on the same day, Parliament expressed its gratitude to the firefighters for their prompt response, noting that the extent of the damage is still being assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParliament would like to assure the public that there were no casualties although the extent of damage is yet to be determined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement added that the Clerk to Parliament, in consultation with Speaker, Alban Bagbin, has directed that as a precautionary measure, all Members of Parliament and Staff vacate the precincts of Parliament and return on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Clerk to Parliament, in consultation with the Rt Hon Speaker, has directed that as a precautionary measure, all Members of Parliament and Staff should vacate the precincts of Parliament and return tomorrow, Wednesday, 28th August 2024. A skeletal staff are, however, to be at the post to deal with exigencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations are ongoing to determine the source and extent of the damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parliament of Ghana has confirmed that no casualties were reported following the fire that broke out at the Job 600 building early Tuesday, August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}