{"id":140576,"date":"2015-08-04T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=140576"},"modified":"2015-08-04T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:56:29","slug":"two-feared-dead-in-gas-explosion-at-kasoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/two-feared-dead-in-gas-explosion-at-kasoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Two feared dead in gas explosion near Kasoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people are reported to have died when a gas cylinder exploded at a fuel station at\u00a0Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa.<\/p>\n<p>Several people are also believed to have sustained serious injuries from the blast which happened around 1 pm.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;VNksdNgf4ww7WxLzdN9idhXBjRL4YYfc&#8221;]Eyewitnesses say\u00a0that the explosion was caused by\u00a0maintenance work on one of the cylinders at the station.<\/p>\n<p>One of them\u00a0 told <strong>Citi News: &#8220;<\/strong>We heard a huge sound and when we rushed to the scene we saw two bodies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He reported that there seemed to be an &#8220;issue with the gas cylinder which was being fixed by a welder&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gruesome images from the scene appear to show the bodies of the two people reported dead in the blast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140626\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion.jpg\" alt=\"gas explosion\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This incident comes two months after the explosion at the GOIL fuel station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle which razed the building to the ground and claimed over 150 lives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-140628\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion2.jpg\" alt=\"gas explosion2\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion2-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In April, an explosion at a fuel station in Dansoman claimed the lives of two people while another fuel station fire in Kumasi led to the deaths of two more people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-140627\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion1.jpg\" alt=\"gas explosion1\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gas-explosion1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people are reported to have died when a gas cylinder exploded at a fuel station at\u00a0Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa. 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