On 7 October 2017, an offloading petrol tanker located at the state-owned Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) caught fire resulting in a large-scale explosion at the site of a liquefied natural gas station located at Atomic Junction in Madina, Accra, Ghana.[1] The explosion was not isolated to the tanker at the station, with the fire promptly radiating towards a cooking gas depot situated next door.[2] The Ministry of Information released a formal statement that confirmed 7 people had been killed and 132 people were injured during the blast.[3][4]. Residents of the busy intersection in northeast Accra were forced to flee as the blasts were followed by a giant fireball erupting into the sky over eastern Accra.[3] The Interior Minister, Hon. Ambrose Dery MP, attended the scene alongside other government officials and emergency service personnel from the Atomic Fire Brigade, Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Police Service, and the National Disaster Management Organisation to monitor the situation.[3] In the aftermath of the explosion, a constituency official delivered a statement to the Parliament of Ghana in which they addressed the threats posed to the public because of recurrent gas explosions in the region, including the threat to human lives, subsequent damage to properties and businesses, declines in available resources and nationwide job shortages.[5] As a result of the quantity of both lives and properties lost, a statement was read in parliament encouraging the consideration of the relocation of such liquefied natural gas stations to the outside of residential regions and spaces accessible by the public.[5] On 8 October 2017, Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana, addressed the public during a press conference vowing a national response in the aftermath of the explosion to put new policies and procedures into action to minimise the risk of similar incidents occurring in the future.[6]
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^Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove (2019-09-19). Atomic Junction. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-47124-4.
^ abc"Today in history: Atomic junction Gas explosion: 3 dead, 35 injured". GhanaWeb. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^"Flashback on the Atomic gas explosion". GhanaWeb. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
^ abOwusu Amankwah, Collins (2018). "Statement On Gas Explosion In Ghana And The Way Forward By The Honourable Member For Manhyia North Constituency, Collins Owusu Amankwah". Parliament of Ghana Library: 1–3.
^Starrfm.com.gh. "Official: 7 dead in Atomic gas explosion; 132 injured". Retrieved 2022-12-05.
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