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At least four people were killed, including one Chinese national, in an explosion at a granite quarry in western Ghana owned by Chinese company Omni Quarries late on Saturday, local officials said ...
On 9 September 2023 a quarry site located in Anto Aboso in the Shama District in the Western Region of Ghana exploded. [1] [2] The site was operated by STA Addsams Enterprise (formerly Omni Quarry) [3] and the Minerals Commission of Ghana found them to be operating illegally and without permit.
By Cooper Inveen and Christian Akorlie. ACCRA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana collided with a ...
Yahoo Finance Live's Akiko Fujita discusses the explosion that left 17 dead in Ghana, the meeting between Secretary of State Antoni Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over Ukraine ...
Ghanaian police and army explosives experts were sent to the scene to avoid the risk of a second explosion. [8] Police requested that local residents "move out of the area to nearby towns for their safety while recovery efforts are underway" and requested that nearby communities "open up their classrooms, churches etc to accommodate surviving victims".
An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté: 256: 4 June 2015: Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana 150–240: 18 July 1806: Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta 234: 23 December 2003: PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China 230+ 2 July 2010
As of 7 October 2017, personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Police Service and National Disaster Management Organisation were onsite trying to put the fire under control. As of 7 October 2017, the source of the explosion was not known. [13] [14] The total cost of property destroyed is estimated to be GHS 1,503,010. [8]
An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana's capital Accra killed about 90 people, many of whom had sought shelter there from torrential rain, on Wednesday night, the fire brigade said. The blast ...