Gas tanker explodes causing extensive damage

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Kumasi, Sept. 21, GNA - A tanker discharging gas at the Engas Filling Station at Asokwa in Kumasi on Friday exploded sending fireballs that burnt the entire station; five vehicles; part of a lumber processing company, some containers and shops.
About 50 nearby houses including Texas Hotel, Confidence Hotel, Asokwa Presbyterian Church and private houses were also damaged as a result of the explosion but no death has so far been recorded.
Sources at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) said 25 people, who were injured, were treated and discharged - 10 at the Intensive Care Unit and 15 at the Burns Unit.
It took members of the Ghana National Fire Service one-and-half hours to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, members of the Ashanti Regional Security Council led by the Regional Minister, Mr Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah on Saturday morning visited the scene to inspect the extent of damage and to console the affected people.