Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-Hour Power Outage Sunday
GRIDCo will cut power to parts of Greater Accra from 3:30am to 6pm on Sunday, 16 August 2026, for emergency repairs to a transmission tower damaged by a tanker explosion at Ashaiman. The post Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-Hour Power Outage Sunday appeared first on The Rio Times .
A fuel tanker explosion caused a 14-hour power outage on Sunday, 16 August 2026, affecting Ashaiman and large parts of Accra. The incident occurred at the Ashaiman Middle East Right-of-Way along the 161 kV Tema–Achimota transmission line, operated by Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo). The blast damaged a steel lattice tower, which engineers are now dismantling and replacing to restore structural integrity and secure the transmission corridor.
GRIDCo did not name specific neighborhoods, only stating that "some locations in the Greater Accra Region" would be affected. A list circulating on social media included neighborhoods such as Osu Oxford Street, Nima, James Town, Kaneshie, Cantonments, and Madina. The outage impacts various sectors, including small retailers, bars, restaurants, markets, and industrial businesses, causing potential revenue losses and logistics delays.
The incident highlights the importance of grid reliability and safety, especially in African urban power systems, and the broader implications of regional interconnections for infrastructure development and donor-funded projects.
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