{"id":359948,"date":"2017-10-07T19:48:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=359948"},"modified":"2017-10-07T19:48:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:48:13","slug":"gas-station-explodes-at-atomic-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/gas-station-explodes-at-atomic-junction\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas station explodes at Atomic junction\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gas station at Atomic Junction in Accra is currently in flames.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News <\/strong>gathered that, the\u00a0gas station, located close to a Total fuel station at Atomic First, exploded before the fuel station later caught\u00a0 fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Richard Dela Sky who is currently around the scene reported that \u201cit is really terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-359950 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-20171007-WA0002-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20171007-WA0002.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can hear piercing sound of gas explosion. I can see a lot of fire tenders here trying to put the fire off. The residual gas in the container is burning. I can still hear sounds of explosion. The whole area has been cordoned off by the police. No vehicle is being allowed to the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-20171007-WA0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-359952 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-20171007-WA0001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Franklin Badu Jnr, also reporting from the University of Ghana campus said the students are running for their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a huge explosion that shook the Pentagon hall where I was. It appears that the gas flared into the atmosphere and the inferno followed suit. Students numbering thousands are fleeing for their lives,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-359957 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-Gas-explosion-4.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-gas-explosion-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-359956 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atomic-Gas-explosion-3.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-gas-explosion-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear whether lives have been lost, but personnel of the Fire Service are at the scene trying to\u00a0douse the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Sky said he could count about seven vehicles completely burnt around the fire scene.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that if someone was at the site at the time of the explosion, the person might not have survived it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gas station at Atomic Junction in Accra is currently in flames. 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