Electricity partly restored in Accra after fire
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Theghanareport
The Ghana Grid Company has restored electricity to several parts of Accra after a transformer caught fire at the Mallam substation. Technical teams are continuing work to reconnect the remaining areas and replace the damaged equipment, according to a company statement published on 14 October 2026.
Electricity has been restored in part of Accra after a fire at the Mallam substation, the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), the company responsible for electricity transmission in Ghana, announced on 14 October 2026. Its technical teams are continuing work to reconnect communities still without power.
The outage began at about 2.36am on Wednesday, after a fault at the substation triggered a fire involving a transformer, according to GRIDCo. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) attended and extinguished the flames.
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