(Accra) At least 17 people died and 59 others were injured on Thursday in the explosion that devastated part of a city in western Ghana, caused by an accident involving a truck carrying explosive material, said the government overnight.
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“As of 5 p.m. (11 a.m. EST), a total of 17 people have been sadly confirmed dead, and 59 injured people have been rescued,” Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said in a statement released overnight. Thursday to Friday.