{"id":360044,"date":"2017-10-08T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T07:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=360044"},"modified":"2017-10-08T07:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T07:30:50","slug":"a-day-after-atomic-junction-gas-explosion-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=360044","title":{"rendered":"A day after Atomic Junction gas explosion [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gas filling station at Atomic Junction in Accra exploded on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360074 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-60-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-60\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Residents were thrown into a state of\u00a0pandemonium following the piercing sound of the explosion as well as the giant scary fireball that was formed in the sky.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360071 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-26-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-26\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students of the University of Ghana and PRESEC fled for their lives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360048 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/atomic-juncation-gas-explosion-site-6.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-juncation-gas-explosion-site-6\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear what triggered the fire or the number of casualties involved.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360069 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-46-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-46\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is what we know so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred at the MANSCO gas station at Atomic Junction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360047 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/atomic-juncation-gas-explosion-site-5.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-juncation-gas-explosion-site-5\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first explosion was heard at about 7:20pm<\/p>\n<p>The fire caught an adjacent fuel station<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360068 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-44-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-44\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A second explosion was heard few minutes later<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360066 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-42-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-42\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some cars parked close by have been burnt to ashes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360067 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-43-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-43\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At least one person has been confirmed dead as of Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360045 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/atomic-juncation-gas-explosion-site-2.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-juncation-gas-explosion-site-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scores of injured people have been rushed to the Legon and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospitals<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360065 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-41-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-41\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Bani and James Topp Nelson Yankah hall of the University of Ghana escaped to safety<\/p>\n<p>There was power outage at parts of the University of Ghana campus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-360072 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-junction-gas-explosion-34-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-junction-gas-explosion-34\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a stampede at the Legon campus over the incident<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia rushed back to Accra truncating his birthday party in the Northern Region<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gas filling station at Atomic Junction in Accra exploded on Saturday. Residents were thrown into a state of\u00a0pandemonium following the piercing sound of the explosion as well as the giant scary fireball that was formed in the sky. Students of the University of Ghana and PRESEC fled for their lives. 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