STORY: Abdul Aziz
Thirty-five convicts and suspects narrowly escaped death when fire gutted the La District Police Station where they were being temporarily held before being transferred to the various prisons.
The La community, however, came to the assistance of the police with pails of water to control the fire, which started from the first floor in the District Commander’s office.
The Fire Service and the police with assistance from the community managed to bring the fire under control to enable the police to evacuate the convicts and suspects to the nearest police stations.
The Commander of the La Trade Fair Fire Service Station, Mr Emmanuel Adjei, who led a 14-member team of firemen to the scene to assist to put out the fire, said it was too early to determine the cause as they were still in the process of bringing the it under control when the Daily Graphic arrived at the scene.
It took about 45 minutes before his men were able to bring the fire under control.
Some of the offices affected were the records room, the Criminal Investigations Department and Motor, Traffic and Transport Unit.
The Commander of the La District Police Station, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Richard Gyebi, told the Daily Graphic that he received a call whilst having lunch outside the station, that his office was on fire.
He said he rushed to the police station to help find vehicles to evacuate the inmates while others were busy assisting the Fire Service to fight the fire.
DSP Gyebi said GH¢9.7 million that was being kept as exhibits in a drawer and dockets on some of the pending cases that he was working on were burnt.
The air conditioner, windows, tables and chairs and the roofing of the commander’s office were completely burnt.
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