{"id":122300,"date":"2015-06-05T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T11:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=122300"},"modified":"2015-06-05T12:45:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T12:45:48","slug":"floods-fire-death-toll-hits150-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=122300","title":{"rendered":"Floods, fire death toll hits 150 &#8211; Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that about 150 Ghanaians have so far died <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/04\/over-96-bodies-recovered-from-goil-filling-station-fire\/#sthash.umuMz1nx.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">from the fire explosion<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that occurred at the GOIL fuel station in Accra and Wednesday&#8217;s floods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;h1vIyy9uznkLpJWSFZo1fS0WeR9O5SP9&#8243;]&#8221;We have just finished a National Crisis Meeting to review the national disasters that have hit our nation, leading to what the security and emergency services have officially counted to be about 150 deaths&#8221;\u00a0adding that search is still ongoing and \u201cthe official toll will be known after the search and rescue exercise is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama has further declared\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/04\/govt-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-flooding-victims\/#sthash.O2f04IMr.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">three days of national mourning<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for the victims who lost their lives in the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the nation after a crisis meeting his security chiefs on Thursday, President Mahama directed that flags must fly at half-mast in honour of the departed souls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scores of Ghanaians died while some sustained various degrees of injuries after they went to seek shelter at the GOIL fuel station during a heavy downpour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_76791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122013\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_76791.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7679\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_76791.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_76791-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama explained that the explosion was caused by a leakage at the fuel station adding that &#8220;the\u00a0inferno quickly spread and engulfed a nearby pharmacy and several properties adjoining the filling station claiming more casualties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-at-circle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121975\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-at-circle1.jpg\" alt=\"mahama at circle1\" width=\"603\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-at-circle1.jpg 603w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-at-circle1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, government has released GH\u00a250 million to support victims that were affected by the flood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-=\"\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var \n\njs,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test\n\n(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id))\n\n{js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p\n\n+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.in\n\nsertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-\n\nwjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that about 150 Ghanaians have so far died from the fire explosion that occurred at the GOIL fuel station in Accra and Wednesday&#8217;s floods. 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