Atomic Junction Gas Explosion

Atomic Junction Gas Explosion occurred on 7 October 2017, when a liquefied natural gas station located around Atomic Junction in Accra, Ghana, exploded.[1] News gathered from the explosion reports that the Gas station exploded first before affecting a Total Filling Station nearby which also caught fire.[2] There were a number of fatalities,[3] with at least seven deaths and 192[4] injuries being reported.[5][6][7] Students from Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School, Legon and University of Ghana who are close to the explosion sites quickly fled from their hostels in fear, creating a stampede which injured a lot of students[8] Residents around Madina and Haatso in Accra who were also close to the explosion zone were also being evacuated. As of 7 October 2017, personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Police Service and National Disaster Management Organisation were onsite trying to put the fire under control. As of 7 October 2017, the source of the explosion was not known.[9][10] The total cost of property destroyed is estimated to be GHS 1,503,010.[4]

The following day Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana, stated that new policies would quickly be put in place to reduce the risk of similar incidents occurring in the future.[11]