Tag Archives: EXPLOSION

The Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee has set March 11 for the mass burial of persons who lost their lives in the Bogoso-Appiate explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The explosion occurred on January 20, 2022, after a truck carrying explosives owned by Maxam Limited got involved in …

A petrol tanker flipped and crashed into multiple stores causing a huge explosion and fire in Long Island, New York. The tanker, reportedly carrying around 42,000 litres of petrol, crashed into a vacant furniture store and a beverage store in the early hours of Wednesday morning.   The building was …

Some men in the Apiate community affected by the explosion on Thursday, January 20, 2022, are complaining of sexual weakness. The men said aside the issue of sexual dysfunction, they were also not experiencing, “Morning wood,” formally known as Nocturnal Penile Tumescence (NPT). NPT is a common occurrence for many …

A post-mortem examination to provide useful information as to how 13 people who lost their lives in the Appiatse explosion has been completed at the VIP Mortuary at Ayensukrom No.1, near Bogoso in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality. Dr Paul Ossei Sampene, a Consultant Pathologist, from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital …

The government of Ghana has fined mining company, Maxam Company Limited has been punished for the recent explosion that occurred at Appiatse, a mining community in the Western Region. The company has fined cedi equivalent of US$6,000,000 at the prevailing commercial rate for regulatory breaches in respect to manufacture, storage …

As announced by the Welfare Sub-Committee of the Apeate Disaster Relief Committee, thirteen deceased persons have been identified by their families on 04/02/22. “No other report has been received on any missing bodies,” a statement signed by Dr. Isaac Dasmani, Committee Chairman, said. The statement added, “We extend our condolences …

Apiate town destroyed by widespread explosive blast About 14 dead from Apiate blast President Akufo-Addo donates to Apiate residents Political activist, Kwame A Plus, has alleged that the company at the centre of the catastrophic explosion at Apiate, a community near Bogoso in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a message of condolences to victims of the deadly explosion at Apiate, a suburb of Bogoso, in the Western Region. He expressed sadness about the circumstances leading to the disaster, which claimed several lives on Thursday afternoon. Recovery efforts are still underway as …

• An explosion has killed three in the Ashanti region • Two KNUST students on industrial attachment were part of the casualties • The cause of the explosion is not known yet Two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and another person have been killed …

A pandemonium was recorded in Palladium, Jamestown when three-bedroom Loiusa house went up in flames. According to reports, the fire is suspected to have been caused by a gas cylinger explosion in one of the three rooms. A resident is said to have left her meal on fire unattended to, and returned …