Three people were killed and five injured persons have been hospitalized after a premix fuel explosion at Elmina in the Central Region.
Accra-based Joy FM reported that the explosion occurred after volumes of premix fuel came into contact with naked flames on Friday.
A fisherman, Kwaw Tawiah has been blamed for the incident by residents who claim he placed a coal pot with fire very close to the storage area of the premix fuel at a residence in Elmina.
The injured individuals are receiving treatment at the Cape Coast hospital where the remains of the deceased persons have also been deposited.
The incident occurred on the same day an inferno razed four fuel tankers at Buipe in the Savannah Region resulting in a loss of GH¢194,760.
This occurred close to a depot of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) in the region.
“The two trucks contained 36,000 litres of diesel and 36,000 litres of petrol (PMS) respectively. The diesel [Automotive Gas Oil] (AGO) is intact though the truck is considerably damaged,” a release from BOST signed by Spokesperson, Adjei Marlick, said.
The Buipe depot is the central fuel holding point of BOST serving the Savannah, Northern, North-East, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana.
It receives products through river barges (via the Volta Lake) and through Bulk Road Vehicles (BRVs) loaded from the Accra Plains depot of BOST.