{"id":88270,"date":"2025-10-18T17:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop"},"modified":"2025-10-19T08:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:26:45","slug":"bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop","title":{"rendered":"BCC Deputy Mayor Clarifies Thursday Fire Affected one Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Makutu Manneh<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Banjul City Council (BCC) Deputy Mayor, Abdou Aziz Dabakh Gaye, has clarified that the fire outbreak that occurred on Thursday at the Banjul market affected only one shop, which is a privately owned property belonging to Modou Musa Njie.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the market there are private properties, and this is different from the council\u2019s market buildings,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said the incident happened in the evening and is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy mayor noted that thanks to the swift response of the fire service, the blaze was contained before it could spread, preventing any casualties. However, he confirmed that fabrics and other items inside the shop were completely destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>He further assured that the council will work closely with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to assess the extent of the damage and determine the most suitable form of assistance. Despite the shop being privately owned and not part of BCC\u2019s properties, he said the council feels obliged to intervene, as the incident occurred within Banjul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Makutu Manneh &nbsp; Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Banjul City Council (BCC) Deputy Mayor, Abdou Aziz Dabakh Gaye, has clarified that the fire outbreak that occurred on Thursday at the Banjul market affected only one shop, which is a privately owned property belonging to Modou Musa Njie. \u201cWithin the market there are private properties, and this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BCC Deputy Mayor Clarifies Thursday Fire Affected one Shop - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Banjul City Council (BCC) Deputy Mayor, Abdou Aziz Dabakh Gaye, has clarified that the fire outbreak that occurred on ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BCC Deputy Mayor Clarifies Thursday Fire Affected one Shop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banjul City Council (BCC) Deputy Mayor, Abdou Aziz Dabakh Gaye, has clarified that the fire outbreak that occurred on ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-18T17:10:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-19T08:26:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1760798635.092547.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BCC Deputy Mayor Clarifies Thursday Fire Affected one Shop\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-18T17:10:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-19T08:26:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1760798635.092547.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-deputy-mayor-clarifies-thursday-fire-affected-one-shop\",\"name\":\"BCC Deputy Mayor Clarifies Thursday Fire Affected one Shop - 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