At Ngyirasia, a community in the Essikadu Ketan Constituency, a premix fuel explosion resulted in sixteen injuries, two of whom have passed away.
The two dead victims, Joseph Adom, 15, and Justice Dadzie, 7, were receiving treatment at Effia-Nkwanta Hospital in Sekondi when they passed away from their wounds, according to Gabriel Ato Mensah, the Assembly Member for Ngyirasia-Mpasem.
The assembly member continued, saying that two more injured people are being sent to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in order to receive additional care.
What he said:
“We recorded 16 victims with 11 being males and five females. We brought 13 of them to Effia-Nkwanta where treatment started, and we took the three to Saint Benedict Hospital at Inchaban. I personally took them to the hospital and later had to join the chief.
“When I came back, two of the victims had been taken to the theatre, thus Joseph Adom, 15 years and Isaac Blankson, 55 years. The other 11 were also receiving treatment at the emergency ward.”
“This morning when we came, we realized that Joseph Adom had passed on. So we went to the morgue to see the lifeless body. Since morning, I’ve been here with the chief and around 3 pm, we lost another one by the name Justice Dadzie, a seven-year-old,”
“Currently the ambulance has taken one patient, Isaac Blankson who was at the theatre [on Saturday] to Korle Bu and we are preparing another ambulance for one patient to Korle Bu for further treatment.”
The explosion is reported to have happened on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 4:00 p.m., while some fisherman were walking along the beach carrying gallons of premix fuel to their canoes.
There is a possibility that the fuel ignited from a fish oven close by.
Along with some nearby wooden structures, the incident also involved two stationary vehicles: a Land Rover and an Opel Astra.
Police are presently looking into the explosion in the interim.
