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Bogoso Explosion: 'There is no school at Appiatse' — Municipal Education Director disputes police account

Bogoso Explosion: ‘There is no school at Appiatse’ — Municipal Education Director disputes police account

Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Mary Vida Kwofie says there is no school in the Appiatse community. According to her, though there is a structure in the community painted and looking like a school “it is not in use”. “…there is no school there. The building there and being misconstrued as a school building with children used to be a training center for…

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Bogoso explosion: Truck driver, motorcyclist and police escort still alive – ACP Kwesi Ofori

Bogoso explosion: Truck driver, motorcyclist and police escort still alive – ACP Kwesi Ofori

The Director-General of the Police Public Affairs Department, ACP Kwesi Ofori has confirmed that the driver of the truck that caused the explosion near Bogoso in the Western Region on Thursday is alive. He said the motorbike rider whose collision with the truck sparked the fire that triggered the explosion is also alive just as the police escort assigned to the truck. Speaking on Eyewitness News,…

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Bogoso disaster: Latest photos and videos of devastated Apiate in Western Region

Bogoso disaster: Latest photos and videos of devastated Apiate in Western Region

Several people are feared dead in Bogoso in the Western region following a scary explosion. Information picked up by ModernGhana News confirmed that the explosion occurred at Apiate between Bogoso and Bawdie this afternoon. READ ALSO: Bogoso explosion: Motorcycle crashes vehicle carry mining explosives; victims rushed to hospitals, clinic It is reported that a vehicle carrying mining explosives…

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Bogoso explosion: Police activates emergency recovery plan

Bogoso explosion: Police activates emergency recovery plan

The Police have activated an emergency recovery plan to salvage the damage caused by a gas explosion that occurred today, Thursday, at Apiate between Bogoso and Bawdie in the Western Region. They have provided security to enable emergency workers, including the Ghana National Fire Service, The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and the Ambulance Service to manage the situation. A…

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Explosion: Entire Apiati community is dead, can't be inhabited by humans — NADMO

Explosion: Entire Apiati community is dead, can’t be inhabited by humans — NADMO

The Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) for Prestea Huni-Valley, Francis Abeiku Yankah, has said the community, Apiati near Bogoso in the Western Region where the explosion occurred, is a dead community. He told TV3 in an interview that the community can no longer be inhabited by anyone due to the devastation. “I was returning from Prestea when I heard an…

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W/R: Explosion recorded at Bogoso; scores feared dead [Video]

W/R: Explosion recorded at Bogoso; scores feared dead [Video]

Several people are feared dead in Bogoso in the Western region following a scary explosion. Information picked up has confirmed that there has been an explosion at Apiate between Bogoso and Bawdie this afternoon. It is reported that a vehicle carrying mining explosives from Tarkwa to Chirano mines collided with a motorcycle resulting in the explosion. While information is still trickling in,…

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Bogoso explosion: Motorcycle crashes vehicle carry mining explosives; victims rushed to hospitals, clinic

Bogoso explosion: Motorcycle crashes vehicle carry mining explosives; victims rushed to hospitals, clinic

Several victims of the gas explosion at Bogoso in the Western Region have been admitted at various hospitals and clinics within the Bogoso Municipality, Modernghana News can report. This has been confirmed by the Ghana Police Service helping the National Fire Service and the National Disaster Management organisation (NADMO) to bring Thursday afternoon’s exposition under control. A preliminary…

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