Gas explosion injures ‘over 100’ in Ghana

Over a hundred people have been injured after a gas explosion occurred on Sekondi-Takoradi road in the western region of Ghana.

According to CitiFM, a radio station in the West African country, the incident happened as a fuel tanker discharging petroleum products exploded.

Officials of the Ghanaian fire service, students at a nearby school and employees of a metro mass depot were among those who sustained injuries.

“At about 7:10 this morning, when a gas tanker was discharging gas close to the Total filling station on the main Takoradi Highway,” a witness told CitiFM.

“In the process, an anomaly was discovered so fire service officials were called to rescue the situation. While they were working to address the situation, the very tanker that was receiving the gas exploded, injuring all the five servicemen who were there, so people were alarmed and they were running away.

“While they were running away, the other tanker that was also discharging the gas exploded and that was the cause of the whole trouble.”