[ 2017-10-07 ]

One confirmed dead, 10 injured in Atomic Junction explosion
At least 10 people have been injured and one
person confirmed dead as a results of gas
explosion that rocked two fuel stations at Atomic
Junction in Accra Saturday night.

A moving object from the explosion hit the
deceased who was on top of the flyover at the
Junction, causing him to fall to his death, the
National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO)
has announced.

Deputy Coordinator of NADMO, Abu Ramada, who has
been at the scene since the explosion happened at
about 7:00pm explained the injury to the 10 people
were the results of chaos caused by the
explosion.

At about 9:40pm, personnel from the Ghana
National Fire Service have doused completely
doused the fire, which started from a Total Fuel
Filling station and spread to a Gas Filling
Station adjacent the fuel station.

“What I can report now is we’ve reported 10
injured persons and that is not even as a result
of the fire. It was as a result of chaos when the
explosion happened; people trying to run away,
cars trying to turn back. That is when we got
people being knocked down,” Mr Abu told
journalists.

Hundreds of residents at Atomic Junction, Madina
and along the Teachers Hostel area fled their
homes and work places as huge fireballs lit up the
skies amid two explosions resulting in heatwaves
in the area Saturday night.

Some commuters who had gotten to the area at the
time of the explosion abandoned their vehicles and
fled for their lives. Some people who were fleeing
were said to have been knocked down by some
speeding vehicles which were also trying to avoid
being caught up in the razing fire in the
aftermath of the explosions. “One dead body
found.

As a result of the explosion one guy who was on
top of the flyover, the explosion came with a lot
of fire with it so the guy was hit by the
explosion and he fell from the flyover and died.

So that’s the only dead body we’ve recovered
so far,” Mr Ramadan explained.

“The Fire has been brought under control.

There is no more threat to human life any
longer,” she assured residents who fled their
homes due to the explosion but advised against
people flocking the area, saying, “We will only
advise people to stay away from the area”.

On claims that some charred bodies have retrieved
from the explosion scene, Mr Ramadan said “that
is not true,” but said Fire officials were yet
to enter the mart at the Total Filling station to
check if some people were trapped in there
considering that the incident happened during
working hours. “What we fear now is we’ve not
been able to access the shop inside the total
filling station.

This incident happened during working hours so we
can’t confirm or deny whether some people were
there when the incident happened,” he added.
Some government officials including the National
Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah, and the
Inspector General of Police have arrived at the
scene to get first hand information on the
explosion.

Source - 3news.com

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