{"id":322120,"date":"2017-05-24T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=322120"},"modified":"2017-05-24T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:12:59","slug":"six-injured-after-nkwanda-fuel-tanker-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/six-injured-after-nkwanda-fuel-tanker-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Six injured after Nkwanda fuel tanker explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion involving a fuel tanker at Nkwanda Number Two in the Eastern Region has injured six people.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred after the tanker veered off the road.<\/p>\n<p>The six injured included four fire service personnel, the driver of the truck and his assistant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322133\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-5.jpg\" alt=\"fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322132\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-4.jpg\" alt=\"fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<strong> Citi News<\/strong>, the Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer of Ghana National Fire Service, Samuel Mantey revealed that the tanker was travelling from Tema to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>Three fire engines were deployed to fight the fire and in the course of extinguishing the fire, there was an explosion which injured four firemen so they were rushed to a nearby clinic for treatment,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322131\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-3.jpg\" alt=\"fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322130\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"fuel-tanker-explosion-nkwanda-4-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Samuel Mantey, what the firemen were doing after the fire was to apply \u201cfoam concentrate to prevent additional fires from occurring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that with fuel, it &#8220;vaporises and when it comes into contact with the ambient oxygen, it can easily catch flames again so we are trying to control that aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5d7a646b-7077-4533-939e-51be0a59c1ba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-322137\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5d7a646b-7077-4533-939e-51be0a59c1ba.jpg\" alt=\"5d7a646b-7077-4533-939e-51be0a59c1ba\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/8447f4ae-93ae-4993-9242-dc14ebfe514a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322136\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/8447f4ae-93ae-4993-9242-dc14ebfe514a.jpg\" alt=\"8447f4ae-93ae-4993-9242-dc14ebfe514a\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion involving a fuel tanker at Nkwanda Number Two in the Eastern Region has injured six people. 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