Fire guts part of AESL building

Fire has ravaged part of the building of Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) at the Ministries area in Accra.

Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service are on the ground trying to prevent the fire from spreading to a central server room belonging to the Ghana Highway Authority.

Fire personnel are trying to prevent the fire from getting int a central server room in the building The fire was said to have started some few minutes after 6:00pm.

It is unclear what started the fire and the magnitude of destruction caused to the building of the state agency, which is opposite the Ministry of Roads and Highways.

AESL was established as an agency of the State to provide consultancy services in engineering and architecture to government departments, organizations, para-statal organizations, commercial houses as well as individuals.