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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.
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 motorcycle, setting off an explosion ...
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 ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
The source of the explosion is unknown though believed to have occurred in the station's fuel tanks. One survivor stated that the power had gone out before the explosion, but after the power was restored, they heard a "pop" and then the fire erupted. [3] About 96 people were taking shelter at the station before they were killed by the fire. [3]
[11] [3] [5] Others were damaged by fire in the aftermath of the explosion. [4] At least 380 residents were left without shelter. [8] Around 100 road vehicles were also damaged by the blast. [5] A Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDSG) electricity transformer was located close to the site of the incident and was badly damaged. [6]
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 ...