Twenty students of the University of Ghana were affected by Saturday night’s gas explosion that occurred at the Atomic Junction, the Director of Public Affairs of the University Stella Amoah, has said.
The death toll in the explosion has risen to seven – four at the Police Hospital and three at the 37 Military Hospital, government has officially announced.
One hundred and thirty-two persons are injured out of which 64 have been treated and discharged, the Information Minister Mustapha Hamid said in a statement Sunday.
The statement said 68 injured persons including a fire officer at the Police Hospital are still receiving treatment with two others in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of the 37 Military Hospital.
Investigation has commenced into the cause of fire after a fuel station caught fire when a gas station exploded Saturday evening at the Atomic Junction.
It took about 10 hours for the Ghana National Fire Service to bring the situation under total control.
Speaking in the aftermath of the explosion, Amoah told Accra FM that “20 of our students suffered injuries and they received treatment at the University Hospital…16 of them have been discharged and four have been detained for further observation.”
Meanwhile, students of the University of Professional Studies (UPS) are this morning staging a protest against the citing of a fuel station just behind the school.
The move by the students comes on the back of the atomic junction gas explosion that has so far claimed seven lives with more than 130 people injured.
In a statement the Students’ Representative Council said “Due to the high number of casualties recorded by some students of UPSA, the executive council of the Students’ Representive Council (SRC) would like to by this notice inform the students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra declare a demonstration tomorrow, Monday 9th October, 2017”.
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
