ACCRA: Filling station fire has engulfed at least 90 lives in Ghana’s capital Accra on Thursday. Sources said that People were gathered there to get shelter from heavy rain.
The fire erupted in a nearby truck stand and enfolded the filling station in the Kwame Nkrumah Circle area of the city late on Wednesday night.
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama described the loss of life as “catastrophic and almost unprecedented”, as he toured the scene of the disaster on Thursday morning. He said that he could not have words to condolence with the deceased families. He continued that the death toll could be increased.
Ghana National Fire Service spokesman Billy Anaglate said victims were being discovered during the salvage operations, making an exact death toll difficult to establish. While Local hospitals said morgues were full and security officials said the death toll was likely to rise.
