A tragic gas explosion at Oyoko, a suburb of the New Juaben North Municipality in the Eastern Region, has left one person dead and two others in critical condition at the Eastern Regional Hospital.
The deceased, identified as Asante Rose, was a Purchasing and Supply student at Koforidua Technical University. She reportedly lost her life shortly after being rushed to the hospital.
Eyewitness accounts suggest that the explosion occurred when Rose attempted to identify a gas leak in the kitchen by lighting a match, which triggered the deadly blast. Her younger brother and a female neighbor, who were also in the house at the time, sustained severe burns and are currently receiving treatment.
Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service swiftly responded to the incident, managing the aftermath of the explosion and assisting police investigations.
Meanwhile, the family of Rose has formally informed the management of Koforidua Technical University about the incident, though the institution has yet to issue an official statement
There was an explosion at a fried chicken store in Sanhe city early in the morning, the authorities said in a quick announcement. The city is about 63 kilometers (39 miles) to the east of Beijing.
The police closed off streets over half a mile around the explosion. They were telling people to stay away.
Fire trucks went to the place and a truck was taking away a burned car with no windows. The old building is mostly destroyed, only a small part of the structure is still standing on top of a pile of debris.
CCTV, the state’s TV station, said that 14 people were taken to the hospital. Two of them are very sick.
The family of someone who died said to a local news agency called Hongxing News that she owned a guesthouse in the building and that her husband hasn’t been found yet. The parents had just dropped off their 9-year-old at school when the explosion happened.
Following a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant on Wednesday night, official media reports that at least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, located in the northwest Ningxia province.
According to official broadcaster CCTV, the explosion occurred at around 8:40 p.m. and was brought on by a leak in a liquified petrol tank within the restaurant.
One of the injured—out of the seven—remains in a critical state. For minor wounds, burns, and glass cuts, the other six are receiving hospital treatment.
Local fire authorities sent 20 vehicles and more than 100 personnel to the scene, with search and rescue operations lasting until 4 a.m. Thursday, according to state media.
Photos posted by state media show the damaged building, with blackened exteriors, debris on the ground and smoke in the air. Firefighters are seen entering the second floor on a ladder and lifting people out on stretchers.
Interviews by police and firefighters on the scene established that two restaurant staffers had smelled gas about an hour before the explosion, the Yinchuan government said in a statement posted online Thursday.
The two staffers found the valve of the gas tank had broken, and sent another staff member to buy a new one, according to the statement. The explosion took place as the valve was being replaced.
The restaurant is located on a busy street, state media reported.
Police have detained nine people and frozen their assets, including the restaurant’s manager, employees and shareholders, according to state media China Youth Daily.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called the incident “heartbreaking,” and said it was a “profound lesson,” state broadcaster CCTV reported Thursday.
Xi added that it is imperative to treat the wounded and comfort the victims’ families, and to find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible. He also ordered relevant government authorities to carry out a safety risk review and strengthen safety supervision in key sectors, CCTV reported.
The incident came just before China began its three-day national public holiday, from Thursday to Saturday, marking the Dragon Boat Festival.
The country has been rocked by a number of safety incidents this year. A coal mine collapse in Inner Mongolia in February left 53 dead; then in April, the deadliest fire to hit Beijing in two decades killed 29 people in a hospital.
A tragic incident occurred in Yinchuan city, northwest China, where an explosion at a barbecue restaurant has resulted in the loss of at least 31 lives.
Authorities suspect a gas leak as the cause of the explosion, which took place on Wednesday night local time.
President Xi Jinping has emphasized the need for extensive rescue efforts and a thorough investigation into the blast.
Among the nine individuals detained in connection with the incident, the owner of the Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant is included, according to state media reports.
The explosion took place on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, a time when families and friends traditionally gather for celebratory meals in China. Tragically, the victims of this incident include several high school students and retirees, as reported by local media.
The death toll is expected to rise as rescue operations continue, with seven individuals currently reported as injured. One of the injured individuals is in critical condition, as stated by the Xinhua news agency.
President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of providing optimal medical care to the wounded and implementing enhanced safety measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
“We must do our best to rescue the injured and reassure the families of the casualties, identify the cause of the accident as soon as possible, and seriously pursue responsibility according to the law,” Mr Xi said.
The restaurant is part of a cluster of eateries and entertainment venues in downtown Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia autonomous region.
State broadcaster CCTV aired footage of more than a dozen firefighters fighting the blaze as smoke poured out of a gaping hole in the restaurant’s facade. Shards of glass and other debris littered the street.
Fire and rescue services dispatched more than 100 personnel and 20 vehicles to the scene, the Ministry of Emergency Management said. The rescue operation lasted until 04:00 local time Thursday.
According to a preliminary investigation by the fire department, a restaurant employee had smelled a gas leak about an hour before the explosion.
He then discovered a broken valve on a liquefied gas tank, and was in the process of replacing it when the blast occurred, local media reported.
Barbeque restaurants are emblematic of China’s street vendor economy and a favourite of locals in the country’s north-west regions.
A third victim of last week’s gas explosion at the Mighty Gas Filling Station in Ho has succumbed to death.
Two others, Selorm Dogboe, 39, from Matse and Peter Atsu, 29, from Adaklu, both taxi drivers died on admission at the Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH).
According to information gathered by the Ghana News Agency, Dogboe died last Saturday while Atsu died on Monday at around 1500 hours.
Mr Amos Dzah, Public Affairs Director of the Ho Teaching Hospital, who confirmed the demise of the three could not disclose the name of the third victim.
The explosion occurred last week around 0500 hours.
Mr. Samuel Boateng, Manager of the Gas Company had earlier told the GNA that the accident involved both customers and staff.
Fire Divisional Officer Grade One, Mr. Billy Anaglate, Deputy Volta Regional Fire Officer, said they got a distress call around 0510 hours from the Gas Station about the fire and they quickly went and doused it.
Twelve victims of the accident are receiving treatment at the HTH and the 66th Artillery Regiment hospital with various levels of burns.
Three victims from a gas explosion incident at the Mighty gas fuel in Ho are dead, starrfm.com.gh has gathered.
The trio reportedly died while on admission at the Ho Teaching hospital.
The incident which occurred in the morning of Wednesday, November 11 left 14 persons; including 12 males and 2 other females burnt.
The victims included pump attendants and customers who had come to fill their cylinders. Notable amongst them is a lady undertaking her national service with the Ho Technical University.
The deceased, according to sources at the hospital include two males and a female who passed on yesterday, Tuesday, November 17.
Though details are scanty, the latest death reported is a mother of three, who was said to have gone to the fuel station that very morning to purchase LPG for her bakery business but was caught up in the fire.
Meanwhile, some of the other 11 injured persons are said to have been discharged.
Some 14 persons have sustained injuries in a gas explosion at the Mighty Gas Filling station in Ho, the Volta regional capital.
The injured persons have been rushed to the Ho Teaching Hospital and are currently receiving treatment, according to information picked up by Starrfm.com.gh.
Eyewitnesses reported that the swift response by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service helped in bringing the situation under control.
Some of the injured persons include station attendants and some drivers who were at the gas station to fill their cylinders.
It is not yet known what caused the explosion as investigations are yet to commence.
Management of Mighty Gas Company Limited near the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region has said the cause of the explosion which occurred at its premises is being investigated by the Ghana National Fire Service.
In a statement issued by management on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 the company confirmed the occurrence of the incident at “LPG filling point at the Mighty Gas station in Ho.â€
The statement said: “The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning of Wednesday November, 11, 2020 at about 5:10am.
“The cause of the explosion which injured a few persons, both staff and customers is unknown.â€
According to the management of the company, “the fire which was restricted to the gas filling point alone due to the safety system put in place by the company was quickly curtailed by the fire service.
“The few casualties are currently receiving treatment at the Ho Teaching Hospital and no deaths recorded.â€
It continued that: “the cause of the accident is currently unknown and still under investigation by the Ghana Fire Service†and the company is “cooperating with the fire service and other regulatory bodies to ensure a thorough investigation.â€
It further expressed its “sincerest sympathies to all injured and the general public†and wished the injured “a speedy recovery.â€
The company added that: “To ensure continuous safety of both staff and customers, the Gas station is closed temporarily to allow for thorough assessment, repairs and improvements.â€
The filing station exploded leaving five people injured.
According to residents, they were compelled to call the Ghana National Fire Service following the sound of an explosion from the gas filling station.
The fire was, however, doused due to the swift intervention of the firefighters.
About five drivers who were purchasing gas at the time of the explosion got injured and were rushed to the hospital.
A massive gas explosion on October 6, 2017, saw Accra plunged into total sorrow.
Some lives were lost and people were critically injured in the Madina Atomic junction gas explosion that Saturday night.
Frightened residents fled the site as the huge blasts near the busy intersection in northeast Accra caused casualties, officials confirmed.
The blasts sent a giant fireball into the sky above the eastern part of Accra, causing frightened residents to flee their homes in large numbers.
Police said the blasts happened at the Atomic Junction roundabout area of Legon, in northeast Accra.
A statement from the Ministry of Information said that seven people had been killed and 132 were injured. About half of them had already been treated and discharged.
The explosion began at a state-owned GOIL liquefied natural gas station and spread to a Total petrol station across the street, forcing frightened residents to flee.
Read the full story originally published on October 6, 2017 on Ghanaweb
Over 3 people have been confirmed dead and some others were critically injured in the Madina Atomic junction gas explosion Saturday night.
The deaths were confirmed at the 37 military hospital where victims of the accident were rushed to.
Two filling stations at Atomic junction were engulfed in flames after a gas station around the area exploded.
The interior minister and other emergency service workers, as well as government officials, arrived the scene to monitor asses the situation. A press conference will be held the scene Sunday morning.
The incident triggered fear among students of Presec who were trying to avoid the scene.
Cluster bombs were dropped in a residential area in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on 2 December by forces allied with renegade commander Khalifa Haftar, campaign group Human Rights Watch has said.
During a visit to the site on 17 December, its investigators found “remnants of two RBK-250 PTAB 2.5M cluster bombs, as well as evidence that high-explosive air-dropped bombs were used in the attack”, HRW said.
The air strike had been carried out in the area by Gen Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) or its foreign allies, who include the United Arab Emirates and Russia, HRW said.
There were no reported casualties because that area in southern Tripoli had already been largely abandoned by residents because of heavy fighting.
The use of cluster bombs is banned under an international convention signed in 2008.
Although Libya is among 75 countries – including Russia and the US – which never signed up to the convention, most usually comply with the ban because of the indiscriminate effect of cluster bombs and the long-term danger they pose.
“They typically explode in the air and send dozens, even hundreds, of small bomblets over an area the size of a football field.
“Cluster submunitions often fail to explode on initial impact, leaving duds that act like landmines,” HRW said.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution “demanding†that a “lasting ceasefire” comes into force in Libya.
The oil-rich state has been hit by instability since the overthrow of long-time leader Mummar Gaddafi in 2011.
Gen Haftar’s forces launched an offensive last year to capture Tripoli, but have not yet done so.
Turkey has sent troops to bolster the Tripoli-based government.
A burial service is being held this morning for the policewoman, Inspector Kate Abban who died together with her three kids in a fire outbreak.
The fire outbreak resulted from gas explosion in January 2020.
The late police officer, DGN Online understands, had returned from church to prepare food for her family on Sunday, January 5, 2020 when the explosion happened.
She was rushed to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for medical attention.
However, she passed on four days later while on admission at the facility.
Her three kids also died as a result of the burns they sustained from the inferno, with the last kid passing on Sunday, January 12, 2020.
The three kids are Ebenezer Yansom Kwakuru, aged 9; Joy Nmon Nobeh, aged 11, and Emmanuel Adjei Asiamah, aged 22, respectively.
Their burial service is being held at the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), a suburb of Accra, after which their mortal remains would be laid to rest at the Osu Cemetery.
The skies turned red as the thick smoke from the explosion could be seen miles away. The first explosive sound sent people trembling on the ground. Human and vehicular activities came to a standstill as people wondered if the world was coming to an end.
The horrific scene on the day of the Atomic junction gas explosion will forever linger on the minds of many.
On October 7, 2017, the country recorded another disaster that claimed lives and properties.
Residents, motorists and traders at Atomic junction were greatly affected by the explosion from Mansco Filling Station.
A report by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) stated that, “The explosion was due to the non-adherence to standard safety procedures resulting in fuel leakage due to a burst hoarse during the course of discharge. The leaked fuel was suspected to have come into contact with a naked flame at the filling station at around 7pm on the fateful day.â€
GhanaWeb was on the field from the night of the explosion till the matter died down and we bring you some videos from the days that followed the incident.
