Kanyi Okeke
Over 78 people are dead after a heavy explosion rocked a gas station in Accra, Ghana’s capital.
Many of the victims had sought shelter at the gas station from heavy rain and the cause of the explosion remains unclear.
Various media reports that the explosion was caused by a fire that erupted in a nearby lorry terminal at around 10 p.m on Wednesday night but Billy Anaglate, a spokesman for Ghana Fire Service told Sky news that the cause of the explosion was unclear and it must have started by accident.
Firefighters were trying to put out the fire into the Early hours of Thursay while police and soldiers joined emergency crews helping rescue people trapped in the wreckage.
Sky news also reports that a police officer claimed retrieved 73 bodies, while the Red Cross disaster management coordinator Francis Obeng claimed “more than 70″ bodies had been claimed.
