Be Factual With Your Publications – Onua TV Tells GNFS Over Fire Incident

Management of Onua TV has served a notice to the Ghana National Fire Service(GNFS) over a publication they made on 21st August, 2023 following a fire incident at Onua FM/TV Studios.

It could be recalled that on 21st August, 2023, the Ghana National Fire Service posted on their social media platform that there was a fire incident at media general premises. According to the post, Ghana National Fire Service arrived at the studios on time to put the fire off. They added that the main studios for Onua Show Time show were not affected.

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“Management of TV3 Ghana limited praised firefighters for the prompt response in attending to fire involving a studio used for ONUA Showtime with Mcbrown.

A crew from the Headquarters Substation upon a call arrived on time to help prevent the spread of fire on the premises of TV3.

Even though portions of the reception area of the studio was burnt, the main studio area and the backstage were salvaged from the fire.
Management expressed their appreciation and joy to the GNFS for prompt response in averting a major disaster” GNFS posted.

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Onua TV has finally reacted to this publication and has made it clear that staff members of the media house were able to put out the fire before the arrival of the fire men. The media house is therefore urging fire men be professional and factual with their publications.

“Onua TV has expressed concern about the publication of a fire incident that occurred on Monday August 21, 2023, on the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) social media platform. The publication falsely reported that “a crew from the headquarters substation, upon a call, arrived on time to help prevent the spread of fire”. The facts are that the fire had already been put out by our staff, with onsite extinguishers, before the firefighters arrived. Moreover, the fire did not occur “in the Studio used by Onua Showtime with Mcbrown” as reported. Rather, the incident happened at the entrance to the studio. The false publication was widely republished on other social media and online platforms, thereby causing alarm and unnecessary panic among our stakeholders. The misrepresentation of facts was unprofessional and GNFS is urged to be factual in its publications.” Onua TV reacted