Vienna City entertainment centre gutted
Popular entertainment centre Vienna City, located just across the scene of the June 3rd disaster in Accra, was Thursday night gutted.
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Contents of several rooms were reduced to ashes as scores of fire and police personnel battled to put out the fire suspected to have been caused by a faulty air conditioner.
Three people – two workers of the facility and a fire officer sustained injuries.
A staff of the entertainment centre told Graphic Online that the fire started a little after 5:00pm just as cleaners were readying the place for evening business.
“They had just finished cleaning and turned on the air conditioners to dry up the place. Then we saw sparks come from one of the air conditioners. We used a blower to stop it, but a few minutes later we saw the sparks again and when we tried the blower, more fire was coming out. We decided to call in the electrician who advised that we call the Fire Service and then all we saw was a flash of fire which torched the ceiling and started spreading.”
Police were able to stop large, anxious crowds that had gathered at both ends of the road and baying to get close to the centre which also serves as a night club and fast food joint.
A Shell fuel station next to the gutted entertainment centre was closed as the firemen took precaution to avert any semblance of the June 3rd disaster that killed about 150 people. Talk of that night was on the lips of onlookers as they played back memories of the dark night when heavy rains and fuel fire combined to give Ghana one of its bitterest histories.