A fire outbreak at the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) in Tamale has damaged transformers, insulators, and other essential equipment.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) personnel were deployed to the scene to contain the blaze.

Fire tenders were deployed from both the metropolitan station and the hospital.

In a media interview, the Public Relations Officer of the Fire Service, Baba Hudu, indicated, "We immediately dispatched two fire tenders, but due to the intensity of the fire, they were insufficient to extinguish it fully.