One person dead and others injured following explosion at Fankyeneko

One person has been confirmed dead and thirteen others critically injured after an explosions hit a quarry site last Wednesday at Fankyeneko, on Obom - Domeabra road in Eastern Region Ghana.

Many residents have been rendered homeless and properties running into thousands of Ghana Cedis destroyed following what is said to be ammonium dynamite explosions.

The dead person was identified as 38-year-old Ibrahim Mohammed who was said to have rushed to the quarry site to ascertain what had happened after the first explosion. 

According to family sources, whilst, he was there, a second explosion occurred.

The acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. John Kudalor on Thursday visited the explosion site for a first-hand briefing about the incident.

An officer from the Base and Ammunition Depot of the Ghana Armed Forces, Captain Tetteh Kumah told the IGP that their initial investigations showed that there were a total of about 27 containers filled with explosives at the quarry site and that apart from seven of them that were still intact, all the others exploded.

The owners of the quarry are yet to be identified. 

Reports however, indicated that the original owner abandoned the site until recently when a new operator starting using the place. 

The police have since cordoned off the site for further investigations.



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