Guinea: Ebola logistics base on fire in Conakry

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Guinea: Ebola logistics base on fire

Genevi?ve Sagno Boubacar Diallo BBC Africa
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A logistic base against Ebola caught fire early Thursday morning near the airport in Conakry, the Guinean capital.

BBC Africa correspondent in Conakry reports that a thick smoke visible from surrounding areas came off for hours.

The fire which broke out could not be controlled without the middle of the afternoon.

The logistics base serves to store equipment for the fight against Ebola.

The warehouse in question has completely burned.

The origin of the fire is not yet known and no official statement has been made so far.

This fire comes as the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, began a tour in West Africa.

He will be accompanied by the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan and the UN coordinator for the fight against the epidemic, Dr. David Nabarro.

He will notably in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the most affected by the epidemic of Ebola country that left nearly 7,000 dead in a year.

This is the first tour of its kind since the beginning of the epidemic.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/afrique/region/2014/12/141218_ebola_guinee_fire

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Thurs, December 18, 2014, 2:53 p.m. Posted By Guilana Fidel Momou

Ebola: humanitarian logistics base of the fight against the epidemic catches fire

We just learn it, the logistics base in the fight against Ebola virus disease, located on the premises of the court of Conakry airport, caught fire Thursday morning. The fire was under control after several hours of intervention of firefighters.

According to a police officer on duty at Conakry airport, the logistical base of the World Food Programme (WFP) receives inputs and other materials to the fight against Ebola virus disease. The tents near the burned store under which are also stored more lots of inputs, have not been affected by the fire, according to our witness.

For now, no details were given on either the cause of the fire or on the assessment of damage caused. Still, the losses appear to be enormous.
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http://guineenews.org/ebola-la-base-logistique-humanitaire-de-la-lutte-contre-lepidemie-prend-feu/