{"id":317693,"date":"2017-05-09T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=317693"},"modified":"2017-05-09T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T17:30:14","slug":"the-moments-right-before-the-takoradi-gas-explosion-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/the-moments-right-before-the-takoradi-gas-explosion-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The moments right before the Takoradi gas explosion [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 persons were left with varying injuries after a gas explosion on the Sekondi-Takoradi road in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to eyewitnesses and officials from the Ghana National Fire Service who spoke to Obrempong, the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/09\/update-over-100-injured-in-takoradi-gas-explosion\/\">explosion <\/a><\/strong><\/span>occurred \u201cat about 7: 10 this [Tuesday] morning, when a gas tanker was discharging gas close to the Total fuel\u00a0station on the main Takoradi Highway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The footage below features the moments before the explosion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Excx1WkWa0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Melvin Clottey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 persons were left with varying injuries after a gas explosion on the Sekondi-Takoradi road in the Western Region. 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