Sekondi/Takoradi: Gas explosion injures 30 people, 4 other companies affected

Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi woke up to a sad news of fire explosion at GHUMCO, a Chinese company on the Effia Nkwanta – Takoradi Technical University stretch.

Commuters of the stretch have been stooped from using the busy road which leads to the Takoradi Container Therminal as fire service are struggling to contain the inferno.

Reports reaching www.233times.net is that, a Total gas station nearby has been affected as well as OLAM company and one other company.

30 people have sustained various degrees of injuries, eye witnesses at the venue told www.233times.net. The victims have been rushed to the New Takoradi and GPHA hospitals for treatment.

More soon…

Author: Nana Kwesi Coomson (www.233times.net) @nkcoomson on Twitter

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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